Alstroemerias or Peruvian Lilies are blooming around the nursery in a bright array of colors, and their attention-getting flowers deserve a place in your garden.
Alstroemerias are easy to grow perennials that bloom much of the warm season. They look good in the garden, and they look good in a vase. Alstroemerias are some of the best cut flowers on the market, often lasting two weeks in your home.
Alstroemeria can fill a good-sized spot in your sun garden if you let them. These long-lived perennials are a reliable bloomer from spring through summer. They are available in a wide range of colors, therefore, complementing many of your other plantings. For best results give them some shade in mid afternoon. They can flourish in dappled shade as well. They have strong stems for great cut flowers, love wet or dry conditions, and they come in pink, yellow, purple and many more colors.
