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When looking in magazines or catalogues, you see more tropical looking plants offered these days to give your garden a more exotic look. For many years, as I would visit gardens in very warm ...
Agapanthus flower and leaves. Agapanthus (/ ˌ æ ɡ ə ˈ p æ n θ ə s /) [2] is a genus of plants, the only one in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae. [3] The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. The name is derived from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē) 'love' and ἄνθος (ánthos) 'flower'.
Flowers. Tulbaghia violacea, commonly known as society garlic, pink agapanthus, [2] wild garlic, sweet garlic, spring bulbs, or spring flowers, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. [1] [4] It is indigenous to southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Province), and reportedly naturalized in Tanzania and Mexico. [5]
Agapanthus praecox is a variable species with open-faced flowers. It is a perennial plant that can live for up to 75 years. Its evergreen leaves are 2 cm wide and 50 cm long. Its inflorescence is an umbel. The flowers are blue, purple or white and bloom from late spring to summer, followed by capsules filled with black seeds.
Paler flowers are more common in Agapanthus africanus walshii while Agapanthus africanus africanus flowers tend to be darker. [2] [3] The flowers grow in large clusters, with each flower being 25–40 mm (31 ⁄ 32 – 1 + 9 ⁄ 16 in) long. This species flowers from November to April, particularly after fire. [2]
What to do: Take a cue from your lawn and mow when the grass looks like it needs it, not on a weekly schedule. For example, for cool season grasses, you may need to mow twice a week in the spring ...
Agapanthus campanulatus, the bell agapanthus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae endemic to the Drakensberg in Southern Africa. [ 1 ] Distribution
Agapanthoideae is a monotypic subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. It is one of three subfamilies of Amaryllidaceae. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Agapanthaceae. [1] The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Agapanthus.