Agapanthus Plants

[Cider Boys]

I have three Agapanthus plants that I brought back from the Isles of Scilly and I know little about them. At present they are each in a Pot placed against a South West facing wall. I realise they would be better indoors during the winter but I have no room for them, what do you advise?

Barney

[Jenny Green]

Won't they die down with the first frost? Couldn't you put them in a frost free place until spring when that happens?
Or maybe wrap in bubblewrap?

[Wellie]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I've always thought they were hardy. And certainly the one I've had in my garden soil has survived the last five winters.
And a client of mine has about four large ornamental tubs full of the large-flowered ones, I'll ask her next week how she treats them over winter shall I ?

[Johnboy]

Hi Barney,
I live in quite a cold position and as with Wellie's comment mine are planted in the border and they survived a temperature of -16C the other year which went on for 5 days without altering. I lost an awful lot of Nursery Stock in pots (Not big decorative one's)but the Agapanthus survived well.
JB.

[Piglet]

I collect agapanthus and some (which are planted out)are hardy but some are not. As they especially like being tight in a pot to flower well, you are more likely to lose potted specimens in a good frosty spell. I tend to put all of my potted specimens in a cold greenhouse which gives them enough protection to survive quite happily.

Those from the Scilly Isles have probably never had a frost on them so I personally would not chance it with them. As per JB's response, the ones in my border shrug off the frost but they were from Norfolk stock (which is a bit colder than many areas during winter)and were sold as hardy.

[peter]

Why are so many peoples posting clocks out?

[Cider Boys]

Thanks for all your advice, I have acted on Piglet’s experience and have removed one of my large cloches from the allotment and got the agapanthus in a sheltered place under cover with some hessian on top as well. The wintering lettuce on the allotment will have to lump it

Barney

[Wellie]

Sorry, Barney, to post so late, but I only found out today that my client moves hers' to an unheated greanhouse for the winter....