Re: Alstroemeria

**"* B* <l*@msn.com>**

Hi, Andrew!

We're on the other side of the rain/snow line so we got 2 1/2" of rain yesterday, and snow this a.m. when the colder air arrived (thanks for sending it over!).

As for the alstroemeria, tried the Sweet Laura a few years back in my zone 5/sometimes 6 garden.  First year it didn't make it.  Year two I grew it in a container that I lifted in the fall and wintered over in the basement which did just fine, but forgot to lift it the following fall.  That was the last time I bought/planted it.  

Lorraine 

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  Subject: [GWL] Alstroemeria

  Has anyone on the list had experience with Alstroemeria   in zone 4 or 5?  
  Thinking about giving these a try this year in my coldest  garden (three 
  feet of snow in the last 24 hourswhich should melt some time in  
  mid-April...but it's a great insulator).  The two that are tempting me are  'Glory of the 
  Andes" and 'Sweet Laura'.

  Andrew Messinger
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