Reply to Naz: As with any plant that starts forming seed heads, if you don't want to collect seed then dead head and remove old seed heads immediately. These seed heads can look quite attractive on agapanthus, but remember that plants use a lot of energy forming seeds, which is a waste if all you're going to do is cut them off!
Hi I have just been given 6 bits of agapanthus root and shoot. They have a bit of tuber quite a few roots and some top green shoots which have been trimmed down. What is the best way for me to get them planted and survive the winter so that i get some growth next year. I was going to put them all together in a pot with some potting compost and soil mix, do they need free drainage?
My agapanthus look very sick I split them a few years ago (they are in ground)and they dont flower as much say half as much now They have white powder stuff on some of them and there leaves look deformed What should I feed them as before I didnt think they needed anything so I just left them and they were doing great until I split them. Should I pull them out and start again with new ones. thanks maxy
Reply to Maxy: As you don't say where you live, Maxy, it's hard offering advice. Suffice to say there was another frost in teh Midlands where I live last night, and I wouldn't be expecting any agapanthus to be 'looking good' at this time of year. My pot-grown plants have completely died down for winter, and probably won't be showing signs of new leaf growth again until later in March or April. Be patient, and see what new growth develops. REmember that agapanthus usually like being reasonably pot bound, so don't lift and divide too frequently.
Hello i've inherited a garden full of agapanthus, and all the leaves are still there from last year. they look a bit sorry for themselves now, a bit yellow and soggy. Should i leave them on or cut them off at some point? Thanks
Reply to Natalie: Agapanthus foliage can remain evergreen, but if it is turning yellow and soggy then cut away at its base (just above the top of the plant). New leaves will emerge in spring.
I have just acquired alot of chopped off bits of agapanthus rhyzome (?) with roots coming off them - my feeling is to stuff quite a few together in a pot + well draining compost and hope that there will be some flowers this year? What do you think.
Reply to Marie Lily: I would not cut off leaves after flowering in autumn. However, my potted plants have been kept in the greenhouse over winter, and some die back completely. All this old foliage and flower stalks can be cut away. I tend to leave green foliage in place provided it is healthy. You can cut it all back, and new leaves will form, but I trend to think that if a green leaf is present then it is doing a job, so leave in place.
Thanks to Adam and the other contributors on this discussion for all this valuable information. I had a fabulous agapanthus as a gift about six years ago which we put in a large terracotta pot, which we moved to next to the kitchen wall and covered each winter. Every winter except this last one, unfortunately! After six wonderful years, the poor thing was well and truly dead, and we spent an hour and a half yesterday hacking out all the roots, it looked like a huge pot of spaghetti! Like you say, where does the compost go?? I felt that we'd been quite wicked so it is good to hear they like to be pot bound. We have bought another one, 'Donau', and hope to have the same success with this one, which we promise to look after. Thanks for the advice about the dead leaves, I was never sure what I should do with them.
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They have white powder stuff on some of them and there leaves look deformed
What should I feed them as before I didnt think they needed anything so I just left them and they were doing great until I split them.
Should I pull them out and start again with new ones.
thanks maxy
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