Botanical Name: Common Names:
Alstroemeria hybrida Princess Theresa Peruvian Lily, Princess Lily,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Palms, Ferns & Tropical Bun Shaped, Dense, Rounded
Description:
Superb, long flowering clumping plants featuring a range of beautiful flower colours. Princess Lilies are much tougher that they look. Princess Lilies add great splashes of colour for the majority of the year. Each plant is crowned with lily-like blooms over tight, mid-green foliage. They maintain a neat, mounded shape to just 30cm in height and look good, even when they're not flowering. Alstroemeria Theresa produces an abundance of blush-to-candy pink flowers. CAUTION Skin irritant.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Formal Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Aphids, Generally trouble free, Thrips
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Liquid feed, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Alstroemeriaceae SouthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn, Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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