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

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 — ...

Sterman is a freelance writer. 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.

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 ...