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AGAPANTHUS
Andrew Short
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I have 3 different varities of agapanthus including a very large version ALL in pots. How do I ensure they all survive the winter ? I don't have a greenhouse so at the moment I have them in my unheated dining room that only gets the sun for part of the morning. Any advice MUCH appreciated.
Thank you.
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They should be fine as long as you keep them dry.
are they deciduous or evergreen types?
Deciduous are much hardier so should be fine. If they're evergreen perhaps try to move them against a warm west or south facing wall. You might well lose the foliage but they'll survive unless it's hideously cold then be ready to throw some horticultural fleece over them.
Thanks guys, fingers crossed they will survive indoors as my garden is not south facing (unfortunately). Thanks again.
I'd not bring them indoors Andrew.
May I ask , roughly, which part of the country you're in or do you normally have very hard winters?
I am in North Kent near Maidstone but my garden is mostly shade apart from a small section at the rear which catches some sun from 2pm til 5ish in the summer.
Kent is rarely that cold. I'd put them outside.
What happens in Spring when the obvious benefits of being indoors start them growing early. You have to put them back outside at some point and what happens to that soft young growth when you do?
Find the most sheltered part of your garden, and put the pots there.
Hostafan,
Thank you for the advice, I will put them out today.
I'm in Norfolk and mine are in pots outside in a sheltered corner - I just bubble wrap the pots to protect the pots themselves from frost damage. The agapanthus have survived four winters like that perfectly well.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They can survive outdoors up here. It's wet cold they don't like, so keeping them sheltered from the worst of that is the ideal. Many plants are the same - dry cold is better, and easier to deal with, than wet cold
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dear all,
I have a variety called CLOUDY DAYS. Would it still be ok to leave this outside under a fleece ? The flower spike is so tall.
Sorry to keep asking but I don't want to lose them as they were from my parents garden.
Thanks again.