“Give them the conditions they like and agapanthus will perform year after year”
Every September in South Africa, the verges and hillsides are adorned with agapanthus, looking like swathes of monstrous bluebells. When I commented on the wonder of it, my hosts smiled slightly wearily – they had obviously gone through this many times before with northern hemisphere travellers – and pointed out that a few in the right place were fine, but in the main they were an invasive and dreary weed.
Would that I had such weeds here. As it is, I do have agapanthus growing at Longmeadow and have had for many years now. They are all in pots where I can give them a little micro-version of their preferred conditions (which are found in Southern Africa as
