I recently described Alstroemeria, a Chilean plant, as an example of a passalong plant, one that is desirable and also prolific in growth. I also mentioned that this plant “produces large numbers of ...

With its lily-like flowers and beautiful colors, the alstroemeria is a summer favorite in the garden. Commonly called the Peruvian lily or the lily of the Incas, the alstroemeria is believed to have ...

But even more impressive is their flower-power in a garden’s border, blooming from June to November once established. Like many people I have sometimes been put off from buying sludge-coloured ...

If you're looking for more pollinator-attracting plants, this flower thrives in containers and can help entice more ...

If you're one of those folks who consider themselves lousy gardeners with no shortage of dead plants to their names, it's time to reframe that. You're not a lousy gardener, you simply haven't found ...

One of the most showy flowers in gardens at this, or any other, time of year is the remarkable Peruvian lily, or alstroemeria. There is less of it about this year, because plants were killed or ...

If you are looking for a perennial that flowers profusely, requires minimal care and provides superb cut flowers, check out alstroemerias. As exotic as orchids but far easier to grow, alstroemeria, ...

Alstroemeria are some of the most beautiful low-water plants in the garden. Upright green stems can rise about 4 feet high, topped by a cluster of lily-shaped trumpets. The colors and patterns of the ...

The Peruvian lily, or alstroemeria, is one garden thug I can’t get enough of. It is supposed to be a rampant and aggressive perennial which takes over the border, but my clump of pale yellow flowers ...

If ground cover selections in Southern California were confined to Peruvian lilies (Alstroemeria), I would not have a problem with that. There are Peruvian lily cultivars in every color except blue — ...

But even more impressive is their flower-power in a garden’s border, blooming from June to November once established. Like many people I have sometimes been put off from buying sludge-coloured ...