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Agapanthus help please
Three years ago I bought some Agapanthus bulbs in Madeira and planted them in a large pot when I got home. This year is the first time they have flowered and they are gorgeous with enormous blooms. They have flowered for ages through all the rotten weather, but now they are beginning to show signs of "tiredness" Not a lot, but the little flowers on the outside are turning into seeds. What I would like to know is, what do I do when they are finished, do I cut off the dead blooms or leave them on, and could I propagate the seeds? Would be grateful for advice. Thank you
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have a large clump of agapanthus, they've done really well this year too, & I normally cut off the flowered stalks once they've gone to seed. I've tried leaving them on for winter interest but find that they just flop over - bit like me in the cold!
Don't be tempted to divide them up until they're absolutely breaking the pot though! They flower much better when they're packed in tightly.
I've never grown any from seed but there'd be no harm in trying.
Don't be tempted to divide them up until they're absolutely breaking the pot though! They flower much better when they're packed in tightly.
I've never grown any from seed but there'd be no harm in trying.
i have a later flowering ice blue agapanthus, and this year it only has 2 flowering stalks, last year it had none, and the year before it was full of them. the flower heads are huge, as big as a football. i leave them on for as long as they stay upright, like robinia i like the interest they give.
are they temperamental plants? with mine doing so differently over the last three years (i've had it about 6 years) i wondered if the weather conditions which have been so changeable have had an impact, even though it's in the same pot and in the same position.
are they temperamental plants? with mine doing so differently over the last three years (i've had it about 6 years) i wondered if the weather conditions which have been so changeable have had an impact, even though it's in the same pot and in the same position.