This is the first year that I actually caught the Agapanthus in the pre-bloom stage. Wow this is truly amazing at how the pod splits from all the little flower buds it is holding. Any day now the the pretty wispy flowers will emerge and I know butterfly's will be soon to follow. I have more plants from the original couple that I planted. I think the new plants will take a few years to bloom since the original plants took 2 1/2 years to bloom.. I can't wait for the flowers to emerge.
Your Agapanthus is at the precise same stage as mine!
ReplyDeleteHi Cynthia, wonder why Americans call this Lily of the Nile. Blue African lily I can live with, but these are from South Africa. The Nile is at the other end of the continent.
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I love the way the buds emerge, within those two tear drop bracts.
Hi Cynthia! Funny, I have an agapanthus that bloomed years ago when I bought it, then I moved it, and it just sits there! It's not growing, it's not blooming. It's not happy like yours! LOL
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NellJean, I thought for sure with the crazy summer and winter Texas had that I was going to loose this plant, or better yet blooming would be quite delayed. But as usual nature has other plans.
ReplyDeleteElephant's Eye, thanks for commenting, I really don't know why. I love the plant just the same and glad that it loves the Texas heat. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAbout Bobbi C, you'll have to e-mail me off line. It is so cool to be talking with someone in my same city that is gardening. I go to a lot of gardening classes/events, but usually geared toward Travis County as the Williamson County ones are limited and few between (at least from what I have found) to meet people and learn. Most of the time people in Austin don't go through the same weather changes that we do. Thanks for posting to my blog.
ReplyDeleteAgapanthus are beautiful! I can't wait to see it flower either!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if you are looking at last/first frost dates for our area, I use the little tool at Dave's Garden. Click here to enter in your zip code and get those dates. The tool there at Dave's Garden was fairly accurate this year.
Also, I posted a blog in early March that had several resources for planting dates for central Texas. The tool I use more frequently than anything else is the Aggie Planting Chart for Travis County (PDF file). I was just looking at it yesterday planning some fall crops. I'll have to start peppers and tomatoes soon to put out for fall - even before my summer crop is producing! I put my order in yesterday for seeds and, hopefully, can get them sown before the end of the month. That gives me six weeks of growing time through the middle of July before putting them out. Most take 65-75 days to mature once transplanted, so they should be producing by October. That should give me two months to harvest before that first freeze kicks in.
You are fortunate to have some blooms this year. Mine were severely affected by the freeze and will not bloom this year. They are lovely and a good June bloomer.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lancashire, I went out yesterday morning and noticed the pods they were in has now popped open. I will be udating this post with more picutres. Hopefully next year the new plantlets will bloom as well, so it will be like a purple firecracker bursting. This is a great plant and needs little to no care.
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