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Agapanthus in ground not flowering, fine in pots

adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
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Hi any ideas.  Three patches of agapanthus in the ground for about 8-10 years which have never failed before, this year not a single flower spike.  In the pots they have all thrown up spikes and are about to flower.  Any idea what could cause the ones in the ground to stop flowering?

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    I'm new to the beautiful agapanthus, but my one in the ground is only just getting buds on, while the one in the pot in the ground has been budding a couple of weeks now - could they just be late this year? 
  • borgadrborgadr Posts: 718
    Dryness? Just a guess - don't mistake me for an expert! I've got well-established daffodils in the ground that came up blind last year when we had virtually no rain in March. Flowered fine this year.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @adamadamant I wonder if it might be a water issue. I don't have as many flowers forming on my Agapanthus as last year. They are in the ground, they have very thick fleshy roots and because it has been so dry for sometime maybe they haven't had as much water as they would like. I do water and feed them but it does seem it still might not be enough. In pots watering is more concentrated.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    One of the main causes of non flowering is lack of food and water AFTER flowering. 
    They make the buds unerground ( like daffodils ) and if they don't have enough food / water late in summer, they're very shy to flower. 
    Having said that, it's still only June, so I'd not worry just yet.
    Devon.
  • adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
    Ok I’ll wait and see what happens but you’re all on the same track.  Thank you for all your tips. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Same here,  ones in pots tall flower buds, ones in the ground not so,  probably because the ones in pots have been protected over winter,  ones in ground haven’t,  I’m sure they’ll  grow on now the weather has warmed up,   The ground has been so cold for so long this year. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
    Thank you! Encouraging words 
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    No flower buds on ours in the ground but then we always seem to have them flowering a lot later than others. We wait and we see!
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    My late ones aren't showing any buds yet. The earlier ones are budding nicely. It's not been agapanthus weather - might be a poor year
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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