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Inca Rio® Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria 'Koncario'

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Inca Rio Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria 'Koncario') at Green Acre Farm & Nursery

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria flowers

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria flowers

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Plant Height:  8 inches

Flower Height:  12 inches

Spacing:  14 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  7a

Other Names:  Peruvian Lily

Group/Class:  Inca Series

Description:

This impressive, hardy variety presents stunning bright yellow blooms with dramatic burgundy spots; mounded, crisp green foliage provides contrast; blooms last well as cut flowers

Ornamental Features

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria features showy bracted yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with burgundy spots at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its pointy leaves remain dark green in color with hints of bluish-green throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria is an herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity extending to 12 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 16 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider covering it with a thick layer of mulch in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Inca Rio® Alstroemeria is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Garden  Container 
Applications
Flowers  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features

Disclaimer - This Plant Finder tool is an online resource representing many of the varieties that we carry over the course of the season, and is intended for informational purposes only. Inventory varies seasonally, so we cannot guarantee that every plant will be in stock at all times - please contact us directly for current availability. The Plant Finder tool does not include our entire selection of plants, so be sure to visit us to see varieties that may not be represented on this list.