About
Alstroemeria Inticancha Sunstar ('Tessunstar') is a compact perennial that typically grows to a height and width of 30 cm. It features dark to mid-green, lanceolate foliage that forms dense clumps. From summer through autumn, this plant produces clusters of funnel-shaped blooms in lilac-purple with yellow accents, each adorned with small black specks on the inner petals.
About the genus
Alstroemeria are herbaceous perennials with fleshy roots that develop into spreading clumps. They feature upright stems adorned with narrow, lanceolate leaves. In summer, these plants produce umbels of prominent, funnel-shaped flowers.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming, Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soils in full sun ideally. Young plants are best left undisturbed to form clumps; mulch for the first two winters. See also Alstroemeria cultivation
- Pruning
- Carefully but confidently tug, and pull out any spent flower spikes at the base of the plant. This stimulates a new flower spike to develop from the tuber of the alstroemeria plant
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in late summer and early autumn or very early spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free but may be susceptible to a virus