Agapanthus

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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Description.

Cultivation

Agapanthus calendar?
January:
February: sow
March: sow
April: divide
May: transplant
June:
July: flowering
August: flowering
September: flowering
October:
November:
December:
Notes:

Agapanthus africanus can be grown within USDA plant hardiness zones 9 to 11. In lower-numbered zones, the bulbs should be placed deeper in the soil and mulched well in the fall.

Several hundred cultivars and hybrids are cultivated as garden and landscape plants. Several are winter-hardy to USDA Zone 7.

Propagation

Division of bulbs or by seeds. Seeds of most varieties are fertile.

Pests and diseases

Species

Zonneveld & Duncan (2003) classified Agapanthus into six species (A. africanus, A. campanulatus, A. caulescens, A. coddii, A. inapertus, A. praecox). Four additional taxa recognised by Leighton (1965) as species (A. comptonii, A. dyeri, A. nutans, A. walshii) are given status below species rank by Zonneveld & Duncan.

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