Agapanthus ~ Process
Agapanthus is one of my all-time favourite flowers. They are indigenous to South Africa and it is always a joy to see them growing wild. It is a popular, easy, showy garden plant with handsome, strappy green leaves. When I lived on the farm I had a blue garden (among others). When I moved, I made sure to move many agapanthus plants with me.
It is a very exciting time when the first buds start appearing in the Spring. This year I documented the process of bud to bloom. Enjoy!
Agapanthus (pronounced /ˌæɡəˈpænθəs/), is the only genus in the flowering plant family Agapanthaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. Agapanthus is commonly known as “Lily of the Nile“, but it is not a lily and all of the species are native to South Africa from the cape to the Limpopo River.
More about Agapanthus at Plantz Africa
Documenting the process was a very good idea 🙂 I can’t remember having seen this flower before. It’s very pretty, though ^^
Thank you, Karine! 🙂
This is so beautiful to see this way. Also one of my favourite flowers to photograph from my garden. Do you hav any in white? Also very pretty 🙂
Thanks, Christine! They are like bits of sky in the garden – so beautiful. Yes we have white too. And Jean also has a baby white aggie plant he is growing from seed. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to grow up. 🙂