Clump forming

[MamIDdau]

What does clump forming actually mean in relation to some plants such as agapanthus?

Does it mean they spread out to make it look like there's more than one plant there when there's only one?

I learnt what Herbaceous meant last night <feels smug>

[4pygmies]

Hi Aprilayadee, "clump forming" means that your agapanthus bulbs will gradually increase until you have a large plant group consisting of many bulbs all growing together. This also means you can then split them into smaller groups to plant elsewhere in a few years. Isn't gardening great?? X

[MamIDdau]

Oh right. Is that what my dahlias have done cos they've turned into all sorts of weird and wonderful shaped things when I lifted them?!

So basically, if I planted one Agapanthus, would the bulb do that weird growth thing where it resembles something alien and then send up more shoots to make it look like there's more than one plant then?

[4pygmies]

Bulbs will produce by forming little tiny bulblets all around the parent bulb. These will in time throw up flowers of their own. Dahlias grow from corms which naturally form miniature cormels from buds near the apex - different names, different way slightly but same effect. You can also propagate dahlia by cutting up large corms, each with a growing bud, which will then develop into new corms.

[MamIDdau]

Cool! Only asking cos my mum wanted some Agapanthus and I read up on them.

Many thanks xxxxxxxx