Reliable, bold, striking and easy to maintain just begins to sum up this native of Southern Africa. Their lush and evergreen shiny foliage makes a striking statement all year when planted in broad strips, but this plant really climaxes when in bloom during late spring to early summer. Their flowers are round, showy and large on stiff upright stalks, equally beautiful in the garden or when used as cut flowers. These flowers often attract birds and butterflies too.
Agapanthus (6 blue/purple)
Plant name
Plant family - Amaryllidaceae
Botanical name - Agapanthus
Common name - African lily, Lily of the Nile
Main cultivars - Various
Plant description
Plant type - Evergreen herbaceous perennial
Plant size - In clumps 30 cm wide and 60 cm tall
Leaves - Evergreen broad green shiny leaves
Flowers - Flower from late spring to early summer. Flowers are rounded clusters made up of small blue purple bell-shaped flowers on stems up to 1m tall.
Plant requirements
Spacing - Space clumps 30 cm (centre to centre) or more apart
Sun or shade - Full or partial sun.
Water needs - Average. Keep soil moist but well drained.
Soil - Well drained acid, alkaline or neutral soil. Will grow in chalk, loam, clay and sand.
Tolerance - Rabbits, drought, salt.
Pests - None in general.
Maintenance - Low. Cut flowers at bottom of stem after flowering. Propagate all year, preferably from spring to fall.
Feeding - Annually with a balanced fertilizer before flowering.
Garden and home
Uses - Plant in garden in beds and borders, edging, patio and container, side border against a wall, fresh cut flowers
Style - City and courtyard, coastal garden, gravel garden. Mediterranean
Consumption
As a rule, all plants including their flowers, seeds, roots and foliage must be considered unfit for human and pet consumption except if they are commonly known to be fit for consumption.