Alstroemeria for Professionals(18)

Oooh, this is some fancy Alstroemeria! By all accounts, Alstroemeria is one of the best cut flower crops out there, but it has had an image problem. It went from a relatively unknown flower to a commodity crop back in the mid-90's. It is super productive, ships well, and lasts forever which put it in the low brow category along with mums, carnations, roses and baby's breath. Of course we know all of those crops can be lovey in the right hands. HilverdaFlorirst has made some major advancements in the breeding of Alstroemeria and I've been begging them to let us sell them for quite some time. They have finally agreed! This product line has some stipulations that are unlike our other crops. The breeder generally works with large scale international growers who produce acres of a single variety. The way most of us do things in America is new to them. Because of the way that Alstroemeria spreads by underground rhizomes it means they are very easy to propagate. If unscrupulous plant pirates