Alstroemeria

Alstroemerias are best known as cut flowers, where their rich colors and lovely veining grace many a vase, where they'll last for as long as two weeks. But they can also be grown in the garden, where they do best in light, well-drained soil. They bloom freely through the summer and come in almost all shades of the rainbow except true blue.

Where they're perennials, in the warmest parts of the country, deadhead flowers when they are done blooming to prevent them from spreading too much by seed.

Light:

Sun,Part Sun

Zones:

6-10

Plant Type:

Perennial,Bulb

Plant Height:

1-3 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-2 feet wide

Flower Color:

A broad range of flower colors including pink, lavender, red, yellow, orange, and white, often with a contrasting throat color, splotches and streaks

Bloom Time:

Blooms early to midsummer

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers,Cut Flowers,Attracts Hummingbirds,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Alstroemeria aurea

Alstroemeria aurea has yellow or orange clusters of lilylike flowers on graceful stems 2-3 feet tall. Zones 7-10
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Alstroemeria ligtu

Alstroemeria ligtu hybrids grow to 3 feet tall and come in numerous shades of pink, orange, and scarlet with a distinctive contrasting stripe of yellow or gold. It is sometimes called St. Martin's flower. Zones 7-10
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Garden Plans

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Cotswold Charm Cottage Garden Plan

Plant It With

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Chrysanthemum

By the time alstroemeria flowers fade, chrysanthemums will begin to take over the spotlight with their mounds of fall color.

Salvia

The deep blue of May Night salvia creates a stunning combination with the yellow, orange, and salmon shades of alstroemeria. It also combines well with pink and lavender tones.

Propagation

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Seed
Division