Agapanthus are quite common summer flowers in our area. They are drought tolerant and pest and disease free. The only downfall to them that I am aware of is that voles LOVE to eat their fleshy roots, but they eat almost everything else too. I have dozens of the light blue ones, white ones, large ones and miniature ones. I even have some with variegated leaves. But the ones that really seduce me are the dark purple ones like this 'Purple Cloud'. The color is so rich!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Purple Cloud
Agapanthus are quite common summer flowers in our area. They are drought tolerant and pest and disease free. The only downfall to them that I am aware of is that voles LOVE to eat their fleshy roots, but they eat almost everything else too. I have dozens of the light blue ones, white ones, large ones and miniature ones. I even have some with variegated leaves. But the ones that really seduce me are the dark purple ones like this 'Purple Cloud'. The color is so rich!
Wow, what a beauty! Thanks for making me aware of the lovely dark colored one.
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I haven't seen the dark purple before. It's gorgeous! Agapanthus is a plant I haven't tried, but would like to. Not sure how it would do in our NY summers, especially one as cool as the current one. I wonder how well it would winter over inside the house in a pot.
ReplyDeleteYour gardens are very beautiful. I've enjoyed having a wander through them :)
That really is a beauty. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Any flower that is disease and pest resistance is a winner in my book. Love the color! -Jackie
ReplyDeleteHave several of them, but not this color. This one is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI agree it is a lovely flower. The dark purple is very beautiful. Lucky for us we don't have voles in our area. I bet they smell lovely too!
ReplyDeleteSheila, these are just gorgeous. I want some now, but they're not hardy here...have to be dug and stored like dahlias. So I'll drool over yours instead.
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