Amaranthus

Alstroemeria, commonly known as Peruvian Lily, is a highly ornamental flowering plant.
Its petals are big and colorful which will decorate your courtyard beautifully.
This plant can live in cold places, so people who live in high latitude can consider planting it.
We will give you some suggestions to take care of this plant.
To begin with, you can prepare a big flower pot for this plant to provide its root plenty of air. You can add proper amount of sandy clay to your pot like vermiculite and perlite. Then, the root-rot can be avoided completely.
Moreover, you should give it abundant sunshine and this will help it flourish in your courtyard. However, you should pay attention to the environment temperature because this pant cannot grow well in too hot climate.
You should provide it enough water to keep the soil in the flower pot moist. 
You can provide it some fertilizer to promote its growing, but remember not giving it too much for avoiding the root rot.

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Amaranthus

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