Alstroemeria: perfect dwarf varieties for pots
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Alstroemeria, also known as the Peruvian Lily, is a perennial with beautiful exotic-looking flowers. Not very hardy, it is also somewhat particular about its location in the garden. It requires well-drained soil, cool in summer, to bloom well. Its growing conditions make it a good candidate for pot planting, especially as it flowers for a long time in summer and again in autumn.
There are many very compact varieties well-suited for container cultivation. You can store them in a bright, cool room during winter if you are concerned about frost exceeding -5 °C. If you leave the pot outside all year round, be sure to mulch the base of your Alstroemeria.
Discover our varieties perfect for lovely pot displays.
Alstroemeria 'Duchess Aliénor'
Originating from the ‘Duchesses d’Anjou’ series, the Alstroemeria ‘Duchesses Aliénor’ is a variety with a very compact habit and is highly floriferous. Early and vibrant, it produces large flowers of 5 cm in bright salmon orange, maculate with yellow and striped with brown starting from May. It blooms abundantly and for a long period, from May to October. It has a dense and rounded habit of 35 cm in all directions. It is hardy up to USDA zone 8b and can withstand frosts of around -7 °C in well-draining substrate and protected by mulch.
Plant it in pots or containers, either alone or alongside other Alstroemerias, particularly from the ‘Duchesses d’Anjou’ series.
Alstroemeria ‘Duchesses Alienor’
Alstroemeria 'Duchesses Marie'
Alstroemeria ‘Duchesse Marie’ is also a selection from the ‘Duchesses d’Anjou’ series. With the same characteristics, it is compact and floriferous. It offers large flowers of 5 cm, this time in two shades of yellow, bright yellow and pale creamy yellow, striated with brown. It blooms for a long time and late in the season: from June to October, on a plant measuring 35 cm in all directions. It is classified in USDA zone 8b and tolerates frosts of around -7 °C.
Pair it on a balcony or terrace with Kniphofias, dancing golden grasses, and sages and blue lavenders.
Alstroemeria ‘Duchesses Marie’
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Alstroemeria Inticancha® 'Dark Purple'
The Alstroemeria Inticancha® ‘Dark Purple’ is part of the Inticancha series, which are also selected for their compactness and floribundity, making them well-suited for pot cultivation. It produces elegant flowers with deep, velvety purple petals, adorned with black striations, continuously from June to October. The outer petals are a very vibrant fuchsia-red. The stamens are bright pink, and the base of the corolla is almost black. Its stems are sturdy and weather-resistant. The plant reaches 30 to 40 cm in height with a spread of 30 cm. The leaves are a medium bluish-green. Classified in USDA zone 8b, the plant withstands frosts between -5 and -8 °C.
Given the average hardiness of the Alstroemeria, you can choose to grow it as an annual or winter its pot in a bright, cool room. Pair it with pots of blue grasses such as Blue Oat Grass, Helictotrichon sempervirens or Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Add other flowers in purple tones.
Alstroemeria Inticancha ‘Dark Purple’
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The aptly named Pitchoune series offers small, long-flowering Peruvian Lilies, well-suited for container cultivation. The Alstroemeria ‘Pitchounes Noah’ is a tiny, dense, rounded cultivar, reaching 25 cm in height and 30 cm in width. Its flowers are a pale lunar yellow, streaked with purple-brown, and very lightly washed with pink and green. They are borne on sturdy stems that are weather-resistant. The plant flowers profusely from May-June to October. It is classified in USDA zone 9a, tolerant of light frosts down to about -5 °C maximum.
Grow it as an annual to enjoy its abundant flowering in summer and autumn, or bring it indoors during winter to a bright, cool room. Add a Sulphur-yellow Yarrow taygetea and a Erysimum ‘Poem Lilac’ with dark purple flowers to your balcony or terrace.
Alstroemeria ‘Pitchounes Noah’
Alstroemeria 'Duchess Anne'
The Alstroemeria ‘Duchesses Anne’ is charming and delicate, adorned with flowers washed in three colours. Its petals are a pinkish-white with a deeper pink heart, highlighted with light yellow and striated with brown, all in subtlety. It blooms valiantly from June to October, covered in large flowers measuring 5 cm. The plant reaches 35 cm in all directions, with dark green foliage at the upper part of the stems. It tolerates frosts down to -7 °C and is classified in USDA zone 8b.
A perfect pot plant, enjoy its tricolour hues by pairing it with yellow, pink, or white flowers and brown foliage.
Alstroemeria ‘Duchesses Anne’
Alstroemeria 'Inca Pulse'
Here is another series of Inca lilies: Inca, from which the flamboyant Alstroemeria ‘Inca Pulse’ originates. The plant, slightly taller than those from other series, reaches a height of 50 cm with a spread of 45 cm. It is still well suited for pot cultivation. Its foliage is light green or grey-green, and its lovely well-formed flowers consist of red petals elegantly maculated with yellow and delicately striated with dark brown-red. It blooms from June to October. Like its counterparts, it is not very hardy, classified in USDA zone 8b. It withstands frosts of around -7 °C in well-draining substrate and covered with a thick mulch.
Plant it in a pot alongside red and yellow Gaillardes and an Anthyllis vulneraria var. coccinea, as well as plants with green foliage.
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Pulse’
Alstroemeria 'Inca Coral'
Refined and delicate, the Alstroemeria ‘Inca Coral’ is adorned with flowers of a soft pink washed with coral and a green and cream centre, lightly maculate with soft yellow and striated with purple brown. Semi-dwarf, it measures 45 cm in all directions and has a compact habit. It blooms throughout the summer and late in the season, from June to October. Classified in USDA zone 8b, it tolerates frosts down to -7 °C.
Plant it in a colourful pot, alongside a Echinacea purpurea ‘Sundown’ and a small grass such as Stipa tenuifolia.
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Coral’
Alstroemeria 'Inca Lake'
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Lake’ features a lovely deep mauve colour, a medium pink tinged with blue, very lightly punctate with yellow and striped with purple-brown. Compact, the plant measures about 45 cm in height and 40 cm in width. Like other Alstroemerias in the Inca series, it tolerates light frosts down to -7 °C, in USDA zone 8b. It blooms cheerfully from June to October.
Plant it in a pot that you may bring indoors in winter, in a colour scheme of bluish pink alongside a Penstemon ‘Alice Hindley’ with clusters of lilac flowers and a Monarda fistulosa menthifolia with a minty scent.
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Lake’
Alstroemeria 'Inca Serin'
Another variety from the Inca series, Alstroemeria ‘Inca Serin’ stands out with its rich and vibrant salmon-pink colour. Its petals are well maculate with yellow and generously covered with brown striations. Its foliage is medium green. With a compact and rounded habit, the plant reaches a height of 45 cm and spreads 40 cm. It blooms generously from June to October and can withstand frosts down to -7 °C in winter, classified in USDA zone 8b.
Pair it with other perennials in rich colours like Crocosmia ‘Walberton Yellow’, whose bright yellow echoes the touch of yellow in the Alstroemeria.
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Serin’
Alstroemeria 'Pitchounes Stella'
Here is the Pitchounes series, represented by the Alstroemeria Pitchounes ‘Stella’, a petite plant measuring 25 cm in height and 30 cm in width, with large flowers of 5 cm for its size. It adorns itself in summer with coral-red flowering. Its inner petals are maculate with yellowish-white and speckled with brown-black. Bushy and rounded, the plant is compact and blooms continuously from May-June to October. Its leaves are of a medium blue-green colour. The plant, not very hardy, is classified in USDA zone 9a, tolerating frosts of around -5 °C.
In full sun or partial shade, pair it with an Achillea such as ‘Paprika’ or small red summer bulbs. Golden grasses are always welcome.
Alstroemeria ‘Pitchounes Stella’
Alstroemeria 'Inticancha White Pink Blush'
This Inca Lily from the Inticancha series is particularly sophisticated. The Alstroemeria Inticancha ‘White Pink Blush’ resembles a watercolour: its white petals washed with pale pink and green at the tips are maculate with deep pink, like brief brush strokes. They are striped with very contrasting brown. The stamens are pink. The leaves are a medium bluish green. This Alstroemeria blooms from June until late October, even November. It is quite hardy, rated in USDA zone 8a, sensitive to frost from -8 °C.
Standing 40 cm tall and 30 cm wide, this bushy plant is perfect in a pot. If you wish to complement its rich pattern, choose simple white flowers and brown or purple foliage.
Alstroemeria Inticancha ‘White Pink Blush’
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