Patience is a virtue!

[veronica]

Hi all. Just need to share this with anyone!!!
I moved to this house (garden) 10 years ago - and the planting and design (Huh - wot design?) was pretty random. Over time, I have re-designed and moved a number of plants, usually with some success.
However, I found a clump of agapanthus in the wrong place, swamped by surrounding shrubs, and moved it to my (then) newly-created island bed.
Success, thought I. Leaves showed - but no flowers. Ok - so it sulked a bit. But each year since then, all I have has is a few leaves.
Each year I think - I'll either move it or dispose of it - or replace it. Obviously it didn't like my moving it. But - as the years have gone by, I have been reluctant to do anything or, perhaps more truthfully, I have forgotten about my intentions. So - there it has stayed.
Until now!!!!! Suddenly I have a beautiful (OK, OK - only one) flower. To say I am pleased is an understatement.
Only trouble is - over the years, surrounding planting has rather swamped it.

[emseypop]

So are you going to move it? Maybe it produced the flower to remind you it was still there.

[veronica]

I don't think I'll move it - it'll probably sulk for another 10 years. But the bed needs a good sort out as various things have begun to outgrow the design - so I'll probably re-design around it!

[mickthecactus]

My agapanthus are totally neglected but flowering their socks off at present.

I always thought that lifting and dividing them was good for them.

[Sweetleaf]

Aug 2, 2008 21:38:37 GMT 1 @mickthecactus said:

My agapanthus are totally neglected but flowering their socks off at present.

I always thought that lifting and dividing them was good for them.

Actually, I always thought they liked to be congested :

[roan]

Agapanthus is considered and invasive plant here in Gisborne and other parts of New Zealand as it multiplies quickly and causes problems.

Agapanthus to be banned from sale in the Auckland region
From 1 July, Agapanthus praecox syn. A orientalis will no longer be able to be sold in the Auckland region. The Auckland Regional Council considers agapanthus to be a coastal weed and says it is also proving to be a problem with water tables along roadsides and bush edges. It will monitor growers, garden centres and casual markets to enforce the ban.

No doubt in England it is easier to control.

[bogmyrtle]

Aug 2, 2008 22:36:58 GMT 1 Sweetleaf said:

Aug 2, 2008 21:38:37 GMT 1 @mickthecactus said:

My agapanthus are totally neglected but flowering their socks off at present.

I always thought that lifting and dividing them was good for them.

Actually, I always thought they liked to be congested :

That's what I always thought - mine is in a pot and is congested and just starting to flower.

[debbiem]

I'd leave it where it is too - like you say, it's taken years for it to get over being moved the first time and now it's decided it's happy in its new place after all.

[bogmyrtle]

The first year we bought ours it did not flower, next year loads, since then (another 2/3 years) only a couple of flower heads. I moved the pot yesterday - it came apart in my hands

It is very congested - to the point all I can see is a tangle of roots not much soil at all, if any! Perhaps it is time to split mine after it has flowered?

[mickthecactus]

Aug 4, 2008 8:32:53 GMT 1 @bogmyrtle said:

The first year we bought ours it did not flower, next year loads, since then (another 2/3 years) only a couple of flower heads. I moved the pot yesterday - it came apart in my hands

It is very congested - to the point all I can see is a tangle of roots not much soil at all, if any! Perhaps it is time to split mine after it has flowered?

Same with me Myrt. I must lift and separate!