Hi. Could someone advise me how many plants can be put in a good sized pot? I have been told that agapanthus like to be crowded and I have 4 to plant .
You would need a large pot Anne414. We had some of these plants in a pot, which as the plants expanded and produced more plantlets, split the pot into two pieces (old terracotta). We also have them growing in the flower bed and they thrive in that less confined space.
If we were not so waterlogged in winter, I'd have mine in the ground. As it is, they're in pots and go into the polytunnel over the winter. Deciduous types are out now, and evergreens will be out around May.
Just shows the difference a hundred or so miles further north makes Hosta - my deciduous ones (in Leics) are just tentatively beginning to poke their first leaves above ground in the border.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Agapanthus is from Africa. What they like most is sun. I have several clumps and they are all pretty congested but still flower profusely, so I would say yes, let them form tight clumps. One thing that will improve flowering is plenty of potassium. I use wood ash.
The pot is about 18ins with an inside diameter of 15ins. I don't have much room in the flower bed hence putting them in a pot. My initial thought was to put 3 in a pot and 1 in the flower bed. If it helps I live in Kent and the plants are still dormant in their packaging . Thanks for the info.
I have mine in a bowl shaped terracotta container 17" diameter 8" deep. I planted 3 agapanthus Sky Rocket in there three or four years ago and they've grown, multiplied and flowered beautifully each summer.
I used a mix of half and JI No 3 loam-based compost and MPC, with a few handfuls of added horticultural grit and I've not renewed the compost yet ........ I might do so early next spring, if I get out into the garden before they start into growth ... I was too late this spring.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I think that is a bit of an old wives tale as mine grows best in the beds.
how big is the pot you want to use?
You would need a large pot Anne414. We had some of these plants in a pot, which as the plants expanded and produced more plantlets, split the pot into two pieces (old terracotta). We also have them growing in the flower bed and they thrive in that less confined space.
If we were not so waterlogged in winter, I'd have mine in the ground. As it is, they're in pots and go into the polytunnel over the winter. Deciduous types are out now, and evergreens will be out around May.
Just shows the difference a hundred or so miles further north makes Hosta - my deciduous ones (in Leics) are just tentatively beginning to poke their first leaves above ground in the border.
Agapanthus is from Africa. What they like most is sun. I have several clumps and they are all pretty congested but still flower profusely, so I would say yes, let them form tight clumps. One thing that will improve flowering is plenty of potassium. I use wood ash.
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The pot is about 18ins with an inside diameter of 15ins. I don't have much room in the flower bed hence putting them in a pot. My initial thought was to put 3 in a pot and 1 in the flower bed. If it helps I live in Kent and the plants are still dormant in their packaging . Thanks for the info.
I have mine in a bowl shaped terracotta container 17" diameter 8" deep. I planted 3 agapanthus Sky Rocket in there three or four years ago and they've grown, multiplied and flowered beautifully each summer.
I used a mix of half and JI No 3 loam-based compost and MPC, with a few handfuls of added horticultural grit and I've not renewed the compost yet ........ I might do so early next spring, if I get out into the garden before they start into growth ... I was too late this spring.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.