Alstroemeria: the best varieties for border planting
Punctuate your borders with an exotic touch.
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Featuring simple, exotic-looking inflorescences, Alstroemeria, or Inca Lily, brightens up summer and autumn flower beds with its vibrant, sometimes soft colours and lovely striped patterns. The inticanchas are native to South America and are generally not very hardy. However, some varieties are selected for their greater frost resistance. These are the most suitable for border beds, where they can remain in place for several years and even proliferate abundantly if conditions are to their liking. Grow them sheltered from the wind, in well-drained, low-lime soil, and carefully protect the stump with organic mulch.
Small and light, their flowers add an exotic touch to border beds, adapting to all garden atmospheres.
Discover our favourite varieties to grow in open ground!
Alstroemeria 'Duc d'Anjou Nicolas'
Let’s start with the prolific ‘Duc d’Anjou’ series, featuring the Alstroemeria ‘Duc d’Anjou Nicolas’. Like the other members of this series, it is a medium-sized, floriferous, and rather hardy variety. As such, it is suitable for open ground and borders. ‘Duc D’Anjou Nicolas’ produces bright yellow flowers, lightly punctate with mauve pink, elegantly striped with brown. The dense plant forms clumps 50 cm tall in bloom, with a spread of 40 cm. Its leaves, located at the upper part of the stems, are a dark bluish green. From June to October, the numerous flowers continuously renew themselves. Hardy down to about -15 °C in well-drained soil and under protective mulch, the plant is classified in USDA zone 8a.
For a border with an exotic look, add Daylilies in solid, vibrant colours, and brown or saffron Helenium. Consider, for example, the Daylily ‘Lacy Doily’. Add a pink grass like Muhlenbergia capillaris.
Alstroemeria ‘Duc D’Anjou Nicolas’
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The cultivars of the ‘Majestics’ series are selected for their vigour, floribundity, and hardiness. Alstroemeria ‘Majestic Tiercé’ is a tall plant, reaching 75 cm in flower, with a mature spread of 60 cm. It boasts flowers measuring 5 to 6 cm in a lovely fresh pink, marked with deep yellow and striated with brown, which appear in June and last continuously until October. By protecting the stump, the plant can withstand frosts down to -15 °C, in zone 8a. Durable and vigorous if the location suits them, the Alstroemerias of the ‘Majestics’ series are stunning in borders.
Plant it alongside Agapanthus ‘Golden Drop’ with its light lavender-blue flowering and variegated foliage. Add a Achillea taygetea in sulphur yellow and a more intensely yellow Achillea. Dot with clumps of grasses like Stipas.
Alstroemeria ‘Majestic Tiercé’
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Alstroemeria 'Sweet Laura'
With a sweet fragrance, rare among Alstroemerias, Alstroemeria ‘Sweet Laura’ exudes a light spicy scent, reminiscent of carnations. Its original, very light flowers come in golden yellow speckled with purple-brown, burnt orange, and mahogany, with mahogany stamens. The leaves are a rich, glossy green. Prolific and vigorous, this Inca Lily has a compact and dense habit, reaching 70 cm in height and 50 cm in width. From June-July to the end of September, the small 4 cm flowers joyfully renew themselves. The plant is hardy in USDA zone 8a, around -12 °C.
Plant it in cool soil alongside Lysimachia ciliata ‘Firecracker’ with its purple-brown foliage and small yellow flowers, and Crocosmias. Accent with garlic bulbs.
Alstroemeria ‘Sweet Laura’
Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer'
Attention to the eyes! The Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ is a sight to behold with its green-bronze foliage featuring purple highlights and its vibrant tricolour tones. This Peruvian Lily blooms profusely from June to November, reaching a height of 75 cm with a spread of 50 cm. The colour of its foliage is rare; this bronze green tinged with dark purple beautifully highlights the brilliance of the flowers. The central petals are a bright yellow streaked with brown, surrounded by three other petals tinted in orange and rose-red. It is a very beautiful variety, quite hardy, down to -10 °C, classified in USDA zone 8b.
Particularly exotic, it is enhanced when paired with a Daylily ‘Desperado’, with yellow flowers featuring a violet-brown centre, alongside dark-leaved Canna bulbs and Eremerus.
Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’
Alstroemeria 'Duc d'Anjou Louis'
Alstroemeria ‘Duc d’Anjou Louis’ is adorned with flowers of a lovely coral red with orange highlights, maculate with white yellow and striated with brown. Of medium size, 50 cm in height and 40 cm in width, it quickly forms dense clumps and its flowers continuously renew from June to October. Its foliage is dark green with a slight blue tint. It tolerates frosts of around -15 °C, provided the stump is well protected, in well-drained soil. It is classified in USDA zone 8a.
In the border of a flowerbed, plant it in contrast with the bright blue flowers of Ceratostigma plumbaginoides and its autumn red foliage, as well as with the blue of certain sages and the annual Nigella papillosa ‘Midnight Blue’.
Alstroemeria ‘Duc D’Anjou Louis’
Alstroemeria 'Duc d'Anjou François'
Same variety, but a change of atmosphere with the Alstroemeria ‘Duc d’Anjou François’ featuring very pastel flowers, pale pink to almost white, maculate with green and striate with purple-brown. Like other ‘Duc d’Anjou’ alstroemerias, it forms a dense, bushy plant reaching 50 cm in height when in flower, with a spread of 40 cm. Its foliage, high on the stems, is dark bluish-green. It blooms vigorously from June to October. Rated in USDA zone 8a, it tolerates brief frosts down to -15 °C, when protected and under suitable growing conditions.
Why not create a more romantic atmosphere with this soft variety, alongside Columbines, Penstemons, and roses. Add some Alchemilla mollis for a vibrant green flowering accent.
Alstroemeria ‘Duc D’Anjou François’
Alstroemeria 'Majestics Briançon'
Vigorous, the Alstroemeria ‘Majestics Briançon’ quickly forms thick, bright clumps of flowers measuring 5 to 6 cm in two shades of yellow: very pale yellow punctate with pink on the outer petals, and golden yellow on the heart petals, strongly striped with brown. The foliage, present along the stems, is dark bluish green. The plant is quite tall: 70 cm, with nearly the same width. In cool soil, it offers flowers from June to October without interruption. Protected from winter moisture, the stump can withstand temporary frosts down to -15 °C, and the plant is classified in USDA zone 8a.
Very attractive in border displays, this Inca Lily is also ideal for bouquets. Once cut, have fun creating beautiful compositions with flowers in various shades of yellow, pink, and grasses.
Alstroemeria ‘Majestics Briançon’
Alstroemeria 'Majestics Chartrené'
A lovely variety of tall Alstroemeria, Alstroemeria ‘Majestics Chartrené’ showcases a flower measuring 5 to 6 cm in warm, soft colours: its outer petals are light orange washed with soft yellow and maculate with bright coral pink, while the central petals are, as usual, golden yellow and striped with brown. Its leaves, arranged along the stem, are a dark bluish green. The plant reaches a height of 80 cm in bloom and 60 cm wide, flowering from June to October. It withstands occasional frosts down to -15 °C in good conditions, classified in USDA zone 8a.
The multiple colours combined in a single flower inspire the desire to pair it with other orange-hued flowers such as Echinaceas, pink flowers, and coral flowers like Avens. Bright yellow flowers such as Crocosmias or soft yellow ones are also great companions. The Muhlenbergia capillaris with its large pink spikes is an excellent accompaniment.
Alstroemeria ‘Majestics Chartrené’
Alstroemeria 'Inca Adore'
The Alstroemeria ‘Inca Adore’ features a refined deep red flower measuring 4 cm, punctuated with yellow and striped with brown, characteristic of Alstroemerias. With medium green deciduous foliage, it has a compact, bushy, and upright habit, reaching a height of 70 cm in bloom and spreading to 50 cm. It flourishes from June to October in well-drained, cool soil and in a warm position. In winter, it is slightly less hardy than the previously mentioned varieties, classified in USDA zone 8b, and can tolerate frosts down to -7 °C. Protect the stump with a thick mulch and ensure the soil is well-drained and your climate is suitable.
Pair it with Achillea ‘Paprika’, bicoloured Heleniums, and Dahlias in a sunny border.
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Adore’
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