Agapanthus In Garden Design
Agapanthus has strappy green leaves add texture to beds borders and containers too.
Agapanthus in garden design. The best agapanthus to grow in your garden. A landscape staple in warm winter regions agapanthus is a low maintenance perennial that produces colorful clusters of blue or white trumpet shape flowers in summer and fall. Accentuate your patio with pretty in blue agapanthus peter pan.
Oct 31 2018 explore julie flanagan s board agapanthus in pots on pinterest. These wonderful plants are blooming machines which you can think of as essentially the tropical equivalent of the daylily. But this useful flowering perennial also has cultivars in shades of pink and white and in heights that range from 18 inches to 5 feet.
Since it s easy to plant and maintain this is a great pick. Orange or yellow irises cannas or daylilies make good companions for the purple shaded agapanthus. There are many cultivars of agapanthus and if you live in a warm climate most varieties are happiest in usda zones 8 to 10 these evergreen plants are garden workhorses.
There are so many uses for agapanthus in a garden. Perennials agapanthus garden shrubs garden design plants container gardening flowers agapanthus africanus planting flowers garden pots. Rich blue flowers suitable for containers or borders on tall stems above strap like foliage make this native of south africa a must have for your garden.
What comes to mind when hearing the word agapanthus is probably big blue or purple lollipop flowers that resemble deconstructed alliums. Position them singularly in the mixed border. It is impossible to ignore these flamboyant exotics in summer when they bloom for months in great swaths most often in a stunning blue.
Agapanthus africanus blue umbrella blue lily of the nile mediterranean garden style garden plants. Here horticulturist andy mcindoe selects the best agapanthus to grow. Agapanthus is a versatile plant that can be used in many ways.