Flower pics.......

[Mags]

It's surprising what a difference a few showers of rain can make........

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The agapanthus are almost out in full bloom.....

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[angieh]

Lovely pictures Mags. Gorgeous colours and hasn't everything filled out?

[Moli]

Beautiful Mags.............

[calismum]

Gorgeous - and lovely colour mixture. Certainly filled the spaces well.

[dandysmom]

It's always a joy to see pics of your lovely garden and baskets! Gorgeous colors. I love the orange geraniums in the first shot; mine haven't bloomed yet (started them from seed a bit late); also the agapanthus. Mine hasn't shown a bud stalk yet ....???

[Mags]

It's always a joy to see pics of your lovely garden and baskets! Gorgeous colors. I love the orange geraniums in the first shot; mine haven't bloomed yet (started them from seed a bit late); also the agapanthus. Mine hasn't shown a bud stalk yet ....???

Thanks :D

Did your agapanthus flower last year Eileen? The buds on mine started appearing at the beginning of June...

[dandysmom]

Thanks :D

Did your agapanthus flower last year Eileen? The buds on mine started appearing at the beginning of June...

Yes, lovely bloom last year, It has made a second bulb, perhaps it put all its energy in that rather than in flowering. A shame, as it's such a gorgeous blue. :(

[Mags]

Yes, lovely bloom last year, It has made a second bulb, perhaps it put all its energy in that rather than in flowering. A shame, as it's such a gorgeous blue. :(
I suppose there is still time, if not you can look forward to maybe an extra bloom next year...:D

[Moli]

Mine has not even got a flower stalk this year, yet it bloomed last year, maybe its because I did leave it in the garden during the winter, usually put it in the greenhouse...

[Mags]

My tubers are about 8 years old and had been growing in a container until last year when I split them and planted them directly into the ground. I did cover them in wood chips last winter though...

[Moli]

Think I will move mine into the garden, have a space where it could grow as big as it wants to, probably be happier there...

[dandysmom]

Supposedly it will overwinter here, but I left my first one outside and it didn't make it. So this one spent the Winter indoors. It looks healthy, maybe it might send up a bud shoot later....

[Mags]

The agapanthus likes to be slightly potbound so I wonder if yours would do better in a smaller sized pot?

Some tips (http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/pots-containers/agapanthus/) ...

[dandysmom]

Thanks for the link. I did remember it likes to be pot-bound so it's not in a very large pot, and of course there are now two bulbs in it. I checked my pics from last year but they don't show the pot size, just the bloom. Apparently they're like amaryllis ...the more pot-bound the better ....I have amaryllis still in their original pots that are over seven years old. Are your amaryllis outside ow?

[Moli]

Mine came up blind in the end Eileen......shall I let it dry out and start watering it nearer Christmas???

[Mags]

I haven't put mine outdoors at all :?

[dandysmom]

Mine came up blind in the end Eileen......shall I let it dry out and start watering it nearer Christmas???

That's the official theory; let it go dormant and start watering around the holidays. I never have, I keep them green and growing all Summer outside. Works for me. Picotee usually reblooms outside too as you may recall.

[Moli]

That's the official theory; let it go dormant and start watering around the holidays. I never have, I keep them green and growing all Summer outside. Works for me. Picotee usually reblooms outside too as you may recall.
Thanks Eileen, will start watering it nearer Christmas, and hopfully it will bloom for me....;)