Flowers of Alstroemeria Varieties Growing in Australia
Another plant I grow is the Alstroemeria as I find they are a great companion plant grown along side the cannas, they are also long-time bloomers in the garden or potted and are perfect as a cut flowers.
I have listed Alstroemerias found throughout Australia, they are currently being listed below with their names that were supplied at time of purchase, some have had their identities corrected whilst a few I know were labelled wrong, however as these plants are circulating in Australia, I will keep them as purchased until their correct identity is confirmed.
Like cannas some Alstroemeria varieties also show different color changes throughout the season, which can make it difficult to correctly identify who the particular cultivar actually is; therefore, I have added additional pictures of certain varieties that show some of these traits.
Where applicable the first picture will be of its true form and additional pictures of its colour fluctuations for reference.
Where possible I also try to show the reverse of the flower as this can be critical in identifying some varieties that appear similar along with different traits of flecks on blooms.
Heights listed are those that were stated on named pot plant tags. In some descriptions a second height is listed as what that Alstroemeria variety has reached in my garden. Height is measured from top of mulch or soil to top of flowers.
All Alstroemeria images are taken by me and show copyright name so others don't use them to sell wrongly named plants to unknowing buyers.
If your passing through my town of Terang, Victoria, Australia, I also often have some Alstroemeria varieties for sale as potted plants.
I hope you enjoy my pictures of these beautiful Alstroemeria flowers and may you find some information to take away with you on your gardening journey.
Different Types of Alstroemerias
Inca Collection by Könst Alstroemerias in The Netherlands. Heights do vary from micro 20cm through to around 60+ cm tall.
Inticancha Patio Series by HilverdaFlorist also located in The Netherlands. Height generally 25- 35cm tall.
Inticancha Sun Series by HilverdaFlorist, Height generally 25- 40cm tall.
Little Miss Series by Parigo Alstroemerias since 1938 in England, founded by John Goemans who is known as The Father of Alstroemerias as he was the first to hybridize Alstroemerias in 1948. His son Robert (Bob) raised what we know today as the 13 dwarf varieties of the Little Miss Alstroemerias in current circulation and some of these were named in the mid 1990's. Little Miss Connie a yellow, Little Miss June a pink are also in the series raised by Parigo. John's other son Frank Goemans also raised a couple of alstroemeria too.
Princess Lilies, Colorita series bred by Royal Van Zanten in The Netherlands, vary from 20 to 40cm in height.
Summer Paradise, Summer Series by HilverdaFlorist, The Netherlands. Height from 50-60cm tall.
Summer Paradise, Valley Series by HilverdaFlorist also located in The Netherlands. Height generally 35- 45cm tall.
Alstroemeria Amina, Princess Lilies, orange, 25-35cm height.
Alstroemeria Amsterdam, Inca, red, 30- 35cm height. In my garden Amsterdam reaches 50cm tall, height is measured from top of mulch to top of flowers.
Alstroemeria Ariane, Princess Lilies, yellow, 30-40cm height.
Alstroemeria Bali, yellow bi-colour, standard series by HilverdaFlorist. This is a very beautiful Alstroemeria that shows off its flowers in different toning's throughout the year. This photo was taken February 2023. In my garden Bali reaches just over 1.7 meters tall.
This picture of Bali was taken in March of 2023 with its three inner tepals retaining a rich yellow and its outer tepals appearing a very pale yellow.
This picture of Bali was taken in October of 2023 with all tepals retaining the rich yellow. Flowers are starting to show a pink flush on blooms as they open.
This picture of Bali was taken in November of 2023, I think the pink and yellow combination are stunning.
Here is a pic taken August 2024 in Winter. I have this planted facing east besides my home and it flowers continuously throughout the winter. Blooms aren't looking their best however its still good colour in my garden.
Alstroemeria Bandit, Inca, red, 30- 35cm height.
Alstroemeria Batavia, Inca, purple, 30- 35cm height.
Alstroemeria Battle, Inca, purple, 30- 35cm height.
Alstroemeria Beach Valley, Valley Series, white, 35-45cm height.
Three inner striped tepals is always better than two.
Alstroemeria Bryce, Patio Series, orange, 20-30cm height. This picture shows the true shadings and coloring of Bryce.
This picture shows all six tepals and true flower form of Bryce.
Alstroemeria Butterscotch is an old heirloom variety with several refences going back to the early 1970's, its a tall growing variety reaching just above 1.5 meters in my garden. Often it is misidentified with the familiar colorings of Peach Melba, see pics below.
Alstroemeria Camilla, Princess Lilies, white, 30cm height.
Alstroemeria Candy, Inca, pink, 30- 35cm height.
Paler pink flushed flowers over the season.
Alstroemeria Claire, Princess Lilies, white, 25-35cm height. This picture was take mid Oct 2023 at the start of the flowering season for Alstroemerias at my location in Victoria, Australia.
This picture of Claire was taken start of January 2024 and shows a lot less cream shades over the flower and appears a crisp white.
Alstroemeria Claressa, Princess Lilies, white, 25-35cm height, variegated leaves. This picture of Claressa was take end of December 2023, approximately 6-7 weeks into the start of the flowering season for Alstroemerias that were hit by winter frosts.
This picture was taken in cooler weather at the end of May 2024 with Claressa showing cream colorings on upper inner tepals.
Alstroemeria Cloudburst was obtained under this name. Easily grows to 1.1 meters tall in my garden. This picture was taken mid November 2023.
Cloudburst has three quite distinct features, the first and second involve the upper inner tepals being that they are consistently displayed very upright and closely centered together, second is the pale fluctuations of yellow on them and the third is the horizontal flecks on the outer two horizontal tepals. All these three traits fluctuate throughout the flowering seasons. This picture of Cloudburst taken early Oct 2024.
It is very difficult to find further information on this one named Cloudburst however could it be a seedling or possibly be the cultivar Casablanca which it closely resembles on a few older information sites. If anyone has any old gardening catalogues as references on this one I'd love to hear from you. This picture was taken 20th November 2024.
Alstroemeria Cocktail, orange, tall height.
Alstroemeria Concordia, Inca, white, 30-35cm height. This picture taken mid November 2022.
This picture of Concordia was taken late November 2023.
Alstroemeria Coral, Inca, pink, 20-30cm height. This picture taken mid March 2023.
This picture of Coral was taken late December 2022.
Alstroemeria Dark Purple, Patio Series, purple, 20-30cm height. This picture taken mid November 2022.
This picture taken late December
Alstroemeria Diana, Princess Lilies, orange, 20-30cm height. This picture taken mid February 2023.
This picture of Diana taken near the end of March.
Alstroemeria Eliane, Princess Lilies, pink, 25-35cm height. This picture taken late December 2022.
This picture of Eliane taken in March.
Alstroemeria Eliane Light Pink, Princess Lilies, pink, 25-35cm height.
Alstroemeria Eliane Orange, Princess Lilies, orange, 25-35cm height. This picture taken in March.
This summer picture of Eliane Orange taken in December.
Alstroemeria Fabiana, Princess Lilies, yellow (cream yellow), 25-35cm height, variegated leaves. This picture taken in late December 2022.
This picture of Fabiana taken in mid June 2023.
This picture of Fabiana taken in mid October 2023.
With lots of color variations in Fabiana's flowers thankfully the variegated leaves on this Alstroemeria variety is consistent.
Alstroemeria Feline, Princess Lilies, pink, 30-40cm height.
Alstroemeria Fire, Inca, red, 20-25cm height. This picture taken mid October 2023.
This picture of Fire taken mid November 2022 and shows a fair bit of yellow on two upper inner tepals.
Alstroemeria First Love, Peruvian Princess, pink, 30-45cm. This I purchased from a collector of Alstroemeria's with the original Tesselaar tag and was told it was called ruby princess or princess ruby however upon closer examination on the tag it reads as (Peruvian Princess " Variety First Love" Petite Alstroemeria).
Alstroemeria Flamingo, Inca, pink, 20-25cm height. This picture of Flamingo taken mid November 2022.
This picture of Flamingo taken late December 2022 and a faint flush of yellow and less flecking on two upper inner tepals .
This picture of Flamingo taken early December 2024.
Alstroemeria Florists Uni 1st Time. I purchased this plant under this name from a past Alstroemeria collection in Victoria Australia. This picture was taken mid October 2023.
Alstroemeria Florists Uni 1st Time is a tall growing bicolor reaching 1.1 meters tall in my garden. This picture was taken today 5 November 2024.
Alstroemeria Gentiana Pink. I purchased this plant under this name from a past Alstroemeria collection in Victoria Australia. This picture was taken mid November 2022.
Gentiana Pink is very familiar to the cultivar Mona Lisa, however Gentiana Pink is shorter in height, has a much smaller sized bloom and is not as robust as Mona Lisa. These results were from potted stock. This picture was taken mid February 2023.
The only history I know of the name attached to this cultivar is that it was purchased with this name from a nursery east of Melbourne Victoria. Is it a seedling from Mona Lisa? could possibly be as its traits are fairly familiar. This picture of Gentiana Pink is showing increased flecking on outer tepals, picture was taken in October 2023.
This picture of Gentiana Pink is pale and washed out showing minimal pink shadings on outer tepals, picture was taken in mid October 2024.
Reverse of Mona Lisa and Gentiana Pink. The above and below pictures of these two alstroemeria varieties were taken 19th October 2024.
Front of flowers of Mona Lisa and Gentiana Pink.
Alstroemeria Goal, Inca, purple, 20-23cm height.
Alstroemeria Gold Rush, Inca, yellow, 20-25cm height. This picture of taken mid December 2022.
This picture of Gold Rush was taken end of December 2023 with fine flecks on edges of the three inner tepals.
Alstroemeria Holiday Valley, Valley Series, orange red, 35-45cm height.
Alstroemeria Husky, Inca, peach pink, 20-25cm height.
This picture of taken early April 2023.
Alstroemeria Ice, Inca, cream pink, 35-45cm height. This photo taken mid February 2023.
This picture taken early May 2023
Here a picture of Ice from winter late July 2022, its appearing very ivory and is softly flushed with pink and cream.
This picture taken today 6th November 2024 of the very free blooming Ice and its showing rich peach and pink on its flowers. Alstroemeria Ice reaches just on 65cm tall in my garden.
Alstroemeria Indian Summer, Summer Series, orange, 50-60cm height, bronze coloured foliage. In my garden Indian Summer reaches just over 85cm tall, height is measured from top of mulch to top of flowers.
Alstroemeria Ivana, Princess Lilies, magenta, 30-40cm height. This picture taken mid October 2023 showing how Ivana looks most of the time.
Here is a picture of Ivana from winter mid February 2023 showing a bit more yellow flushing's.
Here are two pictures taken today the 12 November 2024 (late Spring in Australia), and Ivana is looking a lot like the variety Paola to me with its outer tepals showing lots of cream, you can see a almost normal magenta flower at the top of the above picture.
Why is Ivana looking like this? most likely its the weather 2-3 warm days than a few cold days with rain here and there. Ivana has been planted on the corner of a garden bed since roughly March 2023, it pretty much constantly in flower as it gets some protection from the cannas and doesn't get hit by frosts.
Is the plant dry and stressed? could be however the cannas besides and behind it are growing quite well just on natural rainfall alone. I've never seen Ivana look like this before and find it interesting to see these colour changes. If I was asked to identify this plant my first thought would not be Ivana.
Alstroemeria Juliet, Princess Lilies, white, 30-40cm height.
Juliet a perfect alstroemeria variety for pots and garden borders.
Alstroemeria Julietta, Princess Lilies, purple and white, 30-40cm height.
The plant label name tag of the purple and white alstroemeria Julietta described as perfect for pots and borders.
Alstroemeria Kate, Princess Lilies, red, 25-35cm height.
Alstroemeria Katiana, Princess Lilies, red, 25-35cm height. With variegated leaves Katiana is also the sister plant to Kate.
Variegated leaves of Katiana showing irregular trimmings of white.
Here Katiana produced an all white shoot coming up from under normal variegated growth, when I see all white growth I pull those shoots out as it well known that variegated plants require a good mix of green growth containing chlorophyll to enable it to photosynthesis correctly and to produce adequate good growth.
Alstroemeria Lauren, Princess Lilies, white, 20-30cm height.
Alstroemeria Lilian, Princess Lilies, lilac, 25-35cm height.
Alstroemeria Lisa, Princess Lilies, yellow, 25-35cm height. Lisa would be the most distinct and easiest to identify of the yellow alstroemeria varieties with a few small flecks toward the center of the three inner tepals, her yellow color can show a very slight fluctuation throughout the seasons, overall she is a very sharp and clean alstroemeria.
Alstroemeria Little Eleanor, raised by Frank Goemans, yellow, 40cm height. This picture taken mid October 2023.
This picture of Little Eleanor was taken mid October 2022.
Alstroemeria Little Miss Arabella, Little Miss, pink, 15-25cm height.
Alstroemeria Little Miss Christina, Little Miss, bi-colour, 15-25cm height.
This picture of Little Miss Christina was taken mid February 2023.
Under maintenance, more Alstroemeria images to come.
