agapanthus

hi everyone,

I have planted a agapanthus rhizome in a large clay pot. Can anyone tell me how long they take to start sprouting? I only planted it a week ago.


thanks in anticipation




Willow

 

Hi Couple of questions
Did you buy bare root or in a pot

I have a few pots in the greenhouse all winter, leaves have pocked out about 2 inches, so if out side I would say very little growth for this time of year, but will soon start sprouting it all depends on the variety as well


I used have 25 diffrent one now down to about 3 or 4 with this bad winter , all the realy old large ones have died the smaller ones came through

Spruce

 

it was bare root and i planted it in the pot. cant remember what type it is just a huge blue one. thanks for your answers spruce. i might move it to the greenhouse for now,what do you think?


willow

 

yes greenhouse , did it have any green shoots on when you bought it ?

Try and give a little shade during 12.00 till 2.00 if you can while the roots get going after that full sun and tomoto feed once a week .

Spruce

 

no it didnt have any green shoots just a bare root. oh and a woody short stem coming from the rhizome. we are south facing so i will give it some shade as you suggest. thanks

 

mmmm no shoot dont want to go on but I doubt it will grow as it sounds like you bought in a garden certre in one of those plastic bags with the label on top, the problem is if you dont buy them straight away they dry out , and just dont have a good start in life or just fade away


Spruce.

 

oh dear thats exactly what i bought,oh well i'll just wait and see :(

thanks anyway.

 

I understand there is a key difference between a bulb and a rhizome. Bulbs can be allowed to completely dry out overwinter. But rhizomes will die if they completely dry out - so must always be kept slightly moist.

 

hi peter,my hubby confirmed it was a bulb that i planted so maybe i will have some luck with it

willow

 

Willow, I am having difficulty in deciding whether Agapanthus is a bulb or a rhizome. As I mentioned above the distinction is important. Different sources refer to both and some even use both words in the same paragraph. So I would welcome some enlightenment.

However I came across this Agapanthus grows from fleshy bulb-like rhizomes, and will benefit from division every four to five years. on this site How to Divide Agapanthus | Garden Guides

I had always thought of them as bulbe - but I suspect that, in fact, that they are rhizomes. There are only 10 different species and I have not come across any suggestion that some are bulbs and some rhizomes,

 

thanks for the link peter

the one ive got is the orientalis but will just have to wait and see if it shoots :/


willow

 

[I had always thought of them as bulbe - but I suspect that, in fact, that they are rhizomes. There are only 10 different species and I have not come across any suggestion that some are bulbs and some rhizomes,[/QUOTE]

Hi All
I always look at it like this a onion is a bulb like a daffodil and if you slice open look the same you wont find this with Agapanthus.
Rhizone I also strugle with as well as basicaly they are big fat fleshy roots as with most perenials .

But as I stated earlier I dont rate its chances sorry to say

Spruce

 

I have planted agapanthus in previous years and they have never grown for me either!!! maybe because I too got them from a garden centre!!

Val

 

You have the same problem with Canna, which are rhizomes and must not be allowed to dry out. I bought several at a major flower show and very few grew. I now understand why.

 

I had a flourishing agapanthus in my previous garden which I had to leave. I inherited a huge agapanthus, which flowered really well, in a wooden tub when we moved here. After a couple of years it split the tub and I divided and replanted in pots. Since then (about four years ago) I've had only a few really quite weedy flowers. I bought a healthy plant and tried it in the garden, but it didn't make a comeback after the (mild) winter. Really not sure why I can't get good results - I would think it was the difference in altitude and exposure, which is considerable, between this garden and the last if it weren't for the fact that the one in the tub was already here!
Anyway, Willow, just wait and see. None of mine ever show growth before late spring, by the way, but it probably depends on location.