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Agapanthus..just been looking at your beautiful photos.Are they a hardy,easy to grow plant(very windy and cold in parts of our garden).




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No - they're S. African plants in origin, so you can tell what conditions they prefer. I almost lost mine last winter...even in this milder area.
Some are herbaceous while others keep their leaves.

They prefer not to have their roots disturbed, but like being in a container, not repotted until they're almost bursting out! So you could grow them in a pot and take it in for the winter.

3 Aug, 2010

 

thanks Spritzhenry.......pots it is then.They are too beautiful not to have love the white one

3 Aug, 2010

 

Thanks - it's coming out at the moment! :-))

Good luck with yours.

3 Aug, 2010

 

My mother has a very large one which has been in the ground of her very exposed garden for many years. It grows about 30+ blooms each year.
I did have one in the ground but it outgrew its space and I dug it up this spring, couldn't believe how far the roots had spread! Nothing near it stood a chance. I have another in a half barrel which has also lived out for many years. A blue one which decided to have a white baby this year!
We live on the south coast but my friend in staffordshire lost hers during its first winter.
Maybe it just depends on where you live so I agree with Spritzhenry.
Pots are best.

3 Aug, 2010

 

just been and bought a couple and the nursery/gardens is out in the wilds with pretty bad winters.Owner said theirs survive every year so I am quite hopeful if I find a little sheltered spot they may survive,so will I take a chance?

3 Aug, 2010

 

Mmm, not so sure about the 'little' sheltered spot. From my experience they get quite large in the ground within a few years and steal all the food and drink from anything near them. Ours lose most of their leaves in the winter.
If you have 2 you could try 1 in and 1 out for the winter just to be on the safe side.
Good luck and let us know how you get on.

3 Aug, 2010

 

Seabird is right about the roots - it's impossible to plant anything close to an Agapanthus if it's in the ground. The roots are close to the surface and do spread a long way. If you're happy that you have the space, then follow Seabird's suggestion...I think it's a good compromise.

3 Aug, 2010

 

good idea Seabird.I am in the process of taking up some turf to make a wider border so will have plenty room to plant one.What other plants to they look good with?(ask so much advice don't I)?

4 Aug, 2010

 

You'd need to plant something that would spread out towards it - like Geranium 'Rozanne'...she's a great girl and her colour would be perfect with a blue Agapanthus!

4 Aug, 2010

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