Agapanthus 'Northern Star' (PBR)

African lily

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil (or John Innes no. 3 compost for containers)
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July to August
• Flower colour: violet-blue
• Other features: excellent as cut flowers
• Hardiness: frost hardy (may need protection in winter)
  
  Large, rounded umbels of star-like, violet-blue flowers, which have a darker purple stripe down the centre of each recurved tepal, appear prolifically in summer. One of the hardier agapanthus, the deciduous foliage has a dark violet-blue flush at its base.
  
  
• Garden care: Apply a balanced liquid fertiliser throughout the growing season. Keep reasonably dry during the winter and protect the crowns with a dry mulch in the autumn. Divide plants that have become too big in spring, but remember you will often get more flowers when the roots are constricted.