You may have an understanding of both of these great garden plants but are you aware of the many new introductions being bred and introduced by a plantsman in the UK ? Lets take a peek at some recent introductions and see if these don't wet your appetite to try some in your own garden or as many people do grow them perfectly well in large patio containers.

Agapanthus are known to add drama and excitement to your borders, with familiar globose flower heads on elegant stems, mostly in shades of blue that appear in July & August. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from chalk to clay so long as they are not in boggy conditions in winter. Originally from South Africa and often called the Blue African lily. They are also very amenable to Pot culture but need good fertilization in subsequent years to maintain good flowering.

Rod Richards of New World Plants has been crossing the main specie praecox with a pendulous type called inapertus and raised some great new hybrids that have numerous flowers on each flower stem, often having a semi pendulous shape which are beautiful in their own right. These crossings however has led to some astonishing colour breaks !!

Agapanthus ‘Silver Lining’ has numerous flowers on every stem that are silver white with a pewter grey stripe on the inside and almost silver in bud before they open. Stems are approx. 75cm tall. A real show stopper and good also as a cut flower!!

Agapanthus ‘Lilac Lullaby’ is being introduced this year for the first time, again has a semi pendulous flower head with lots of lilac – lavender tubular flowers approx. 75cm tall. Such a unique colour for an Agapanthus and worth adding to your wants list !