They need to be kept warm, they will germinate quickly indoors, think where they come from, hot dry Mediterranean countries. Whilst they will acclimatise here, some still need bringing in for the winter. So treat the seedlings with care and they’ll grow for you.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Hi Torg best of luck with your agapanthus. I can't advise you at all sorry. On a similar vein 10 years ago I showed half a packet of Agaves, I didn't have a clue what the seedlings would look like. They did germinate but I thought they were distorted and chucked them away. The seedlings were like fatish single blades of grass. I later sowed the other half of the packet and they grew the same way, these I kept and eventually grew some fair sized Agaves. I think initially I was expecting them to have a pair of seed leaves like most plants I'd grown. Good job we can live and learn
It has got to be easier to take rooted cuttings or are you looking for a challenge.
Mine really suffered last year. I cut my Agapanthus back. I had two old large dark blue Agapanthus under shelter in the garage but I think lots of slugs or snails got in and the Agapanthus are not looking at all well. Any suggestions please that might help. I don't know whether or not to to poke about in the pot to see what has happened.
Thanks for all the advice. I couldn't really do cuttings as the mother plants were on Southend sea front and owned by the council. I just collected the seeds last year once the flowers had died back.
I’m continually having that problem of grass growing in amongst my Agapanthus. I’ve even emptied them out of the pots and divided them removing all the grass but they still emerge!There is obviously grass seeds there somewhere.
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Mine really suffered last year. I cut my Agapanthus back. I had two old large dark blue Agapanthus under shelter in the garage but I think lots of slugs or snails got in and the Agapanthus are not looking at all well. Any suggestions please that might help. I don't know whether or not to to poke about in the pot to see what has happened.
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