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Agapanthus
African Blue Lily
AGAPANTHACEAE / LILIACEAE
Herbaceous
Perennial
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Agapanthus. campanulatus |
Agapanthus.
africanus |
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Agapanthus are large,
vigorous, clump forming perennials that carry round or pendant heads of
bell-shaped flowers in shades of deep blue, violet-blue or white on
erect stems, from mid-summer to early autumn.
Agapanthus, produce
clumps of attractive, long, strap like leaves, from which the flower
stems arise. Most of the hybrids are deciduous, but some of the species
plants are evergreen.
Agapanthus are useful
as container grown plants and for cut flowers.
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Agapanthus.
africanus
(African Lily)
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Form: An
evergreen, clump
forming, half-hardy perennial
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Broad strap-like, dark-green leaves.
Flowers: In late summer it produces rounded umbels of deep-blue flowers on
upright stems.
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Agapanthus.
'Alice Gloucester'
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Form: A
clump forming,
frost hardy, perennial
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow mid-green leaves
Flowers: In summer producing dense heads of white flowers.
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Agapanthus.
'Ben Hope'
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Form: A
clump forming
frost hardy perennial
Height: 3-4ft (1-1.2m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow grey-green leaves
Flowers: Erect stems carrying dense, rounded, umbels of deep blue flowers in late
summer / early autumn.
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Agapanthus. campanulatus
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Form: A
clump
forming frost hardy perennial
Height: 2-4ft (60cm-1.2m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow grey-green leaves
Flowers: Strong erect stems carry rounded umbels of blue or white flowers during
the summer.
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Agapanthus.
'Cherry Holley'
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Form: A
clump forming
frost hardy perennial
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow green leaves
Flowers: Rounded umbels of dark blue flowers, that with age do not fade to
purple.
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Agapanthus. 'Dorothy Palmer'
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Form: A
clump forming
frost sensitive perennial
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow grey-green leaves
Flowers: Rounded heads of rich blue flowers, that fade to reddish mauve with age.
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Agapanthus. inapertus
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Form: A
clump forming
frost hardy perennial
Height: 5ft (1.5m)
Spread: 2ft (60cm)
Foliage: Narrow bluish-green leaves
Flowers: Pendant narrow tubular blue flowers are produced on erect stems
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Agapanthus. 'Lilliput'
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Form: A
clump forming
frost hardy perennial
Height: 32in (80cm)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow mid-green leaves
Flowers: Small rounded umbels of blue flowers produced during the summer.
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Agapanthus. 'Loch Hope'
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Form: A
clump forming
frost hardy perennial
Height: 3-4ft (1-1.2m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Narrow grey-green leaves
Flowers: Large rounded umbels of deep blue flower during late summer and early autumn.
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Agapanthus. orientalis
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See: Agapanthus. praecox,
subspecies orientalis
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Agapanthus. praecox
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subspecies Agapanthus. orientalis
Form: A clump forming perennial
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 2ft (60cm)
Foliage: Having broad, almost evergreen dark green leaves
Flowers:
Large dense umbels of sky-blue flowers borne on strong stems during late
summer.
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Cultivation: -
Agapanthus prefer fertile,
moist, well drained soils, in full sun. In cold areas they should be given
a thick mulch of well rotted compost.
Container grown plants
should be grown in a fertile loam based compost, and watered freely during
the summer (sparingly during the winter). Plants
should be fed with a balanced fertiliser until flowering commences
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Propagation: -
Divide large clumps in spring; or Sow
seed when ripe or in early spring. Keep seedlings in a a frost-free cold
frame during their first winter. Seedlings
generally do not come true to type, thus if you are looking for a
particular cultivar, it will have to be obtained from a grower or
garden-centre
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Fully to Half Hardy
Pests & Diseases: -
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This page was last updated on 12/03/2005
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