agapanthus

[ UK /ˈæɡɐpˌɑːnθəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
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How To Use agapanthus In A Sentence

  • The islands still grow acres of narcissci and agapanthus in their extended, sub-tropical seasons. Times, Sunday Times
  • Banks of white arum lilies and the blue globes of agapanthus lined the Levada do Norte, along with oleander bushes in full bloom.
  • Agapanthus have long been prized for their unique 1 to 4 inch clusters of tubular flowers - often as many as 20-50 per cluster.
  • In smaller containers, I like to mix it up with a few things—lavender with annual lobelia and Agapanthus or Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' with Origanum and Salvia patens. Garden Guru Piet Oudolf
  • If perennials like agapanthus, candytuft, coreopsis, daylilies, and penstemon are overgrown or not flowering well, it's time to dig and divide them.
  • Banks of white arum lilies and the blue globes of agapanthus lined the Levada do Norte, along with oleander bushes in full bloom.
  • The garden is completed by tall jacaranda trees, conifers, and in the rockery just below the house, is a tumble of lavender, plumbago, rosemary, agapanthus, hibiscus and hydrangeas.
  • It spreads by underground fleshy stems called rhizomes; rhizomes are found on many plants, from irises to agapanthus, from ferns to Bermuda grass.
  • Another garden has a towering eryngium, variegated agapanthus, cotoneaster, the bottle brush tree, senecio, a red leafed Trachelospermum and a cotinus - a wonderful contrast of shades and shapes.
  • To give your Agapanthus a boost, sprinkle a handful of superphosphate around each clump in early spring.
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