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Post by oldmoleskins on Apr 26, 2008 12:43:58 GMT
Friends returning from holiday in Madeira have brought me 3 white and 3 blue Aggies about 10 inches long, with good, bulbous rooty bits and looking very like a chunky leek - ie they are cut off quite low down and there is no obvious 'soil line' to guide me on how deep they should go. I plan to keep them in large(ish) pots in the PT for the moment.
Following the leek comparison, to leave the leaf divisions just above soil level means the bulb will be five or six inches down...
Any guidance on planting depth?
OM.
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Post by Plocket on Apr 26, 2008 15:59:56 GMT
I grow mine in a container OM and they have been happy for a few years. I'm going to have to start thinking about dividing them soon. They don't like rich soil, and don't like to be waterlogged, but they do require a lot of water. I've had a bit of a poke in my pot and I THINK mine are about 10cm deep - the bottom of the bulb would be deeper of course because I would have prodded the top.
(what's a PT?)
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Post by Barbara on Apr 26, 2008 18:16:41 GMT
is it poly tunnel plocket
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Post by Plocket on Apr 26, 2008 20:33:35 GMT
Ahhhhh! That sounds right Barbara!  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 26, 2008 22:22:29 GMT
Mine came in flower from a GC, so I planted them at the level they were in that. So not much help there.
But, I'd recommend you keep them permanently in a pot, because they flower better when their roots are restricted.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2008 6:58:19 GMT
Friends returning from holiday in Madeira have brought me 3 white and 3 blue Aggies about 10 inches long, with good, bulbous rooty bits and looking very like a chunky leek - ie they are cut off quite low down and there is no obvious 'soil line' to guide me on how deep they should go. I plan to keep them in large(ish) pots in the PT for the moment. Following the leek comparison, to leave the leaf divisions just above soil level means the bulb will be five or six inches down... Any guidance on planting depth? OM. According to Dr. D. G. Hessayon - planting time April - May, planting depth 4 inches. Divide clumps in April. I have one in a pot too, but alas I bought the wrong variety as it is half hardy.  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 27, 2008 7:03:25 GMT
I had a beauty that gave me many flowers but then the slugs liked them too  - be careful - they did so much damage - it died |
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Post by Amo on Apr 27, 2008 20:59:46 GMT
They like you treating them dirty OM!!! Be nasty and do keep them pot bound! They love it. ;D The necks of mine are about 4 inches down.
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 28, 2008 7:05:27 GMT
We had an AF trip to Kew on Saturday and saw clumps of them just emerging in some of the beds - I didn't have a clue what they were (sooo nice to visit a garden where everything was named). They were planted in what looked like quite sandy, free draining soil about 18" apart and were about 3" or 4" tall. Judging by the size of the leaves (drawn she was by their leeky appearance ;D) I should think they were planted fairly deep Moley - they are obviously going to become fairly large plants. They had been trimmed too, like Iris, so I assume they were newly planted. Plant a picture of them in flower please, sugar lump, I'd like to see them in their prime |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Apr 29, 2008 12:40:32 GMT
Thanks, all, for the info and encouragement - they're certainly in snuggish (ie ultimately 'binding') pots, which limited the depth to an extent, so I'll cosset them for a bit and see what happens... posting pics if anything does!
OM.
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 30, 2008 8:36:06 GMT
If they are confined, I'm sure they'll do well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2008 20:40:27 GMT
Thanks, all, for the info and encouragement - they're certainly in snuggish (ie ultimately 'binding') pots, which limited the depth to an extent, so I'll cosset them for a bit and see what happens... posting pics if anything does! OM. Anything happened yet OM? |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Jun 25, 2008 9:49:46 GMT
Thanks, all, for the info and encouragement - they're certainly in snuggish (ie ultimately 'binding') pots, which limited the depth to an extent, so I'll cosset them for a bit and see what happens... posting pics if anything does! OM. Anything happened yet OM? V e r y s l o w l y Rita, they've put on a little growth, and one (white, supposedly) has got a short flower spike, yet to open... at least, it was still to open last time I saw it, I'm awol in Scotland at the mo, and catching up briefly on a library PC in the Heelands. Haven't forgotten the 'pear in the bottle' thing, btw - I'm scouring local charity shops at every opportunity for something notable! OM. |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 25, 2008 9:52:21 GMT
mine didnt reappear this year,i dug where i had planted them, and now have a very large root, but nothing' else.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2008 10:49:38 GMT
Oh no Barbara - what a shame. Did the frost get to them do you think? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2008 10:51:54 GMT
Anything happened yet OM? V e r y s l o w l y Rita, they've put on a little growth, and one (white, supposedly) has got a short flower spike, yet to open... at least, it was still to open last time I saw it, I'm awol in Scotland at the mo, and catching up briefly on a library PC in the Heelands. Haven't forgotten the 'pear in the bottle' thing, btw - I'm scouring local charity shops at every opportunity for something notable! OM. My Agapanthus has just started flowering and I can see another flower spike growing up too. Hope you find some bottles OM - I'm intrigued as to how well "a bottle in a pear tree" will work and more importantly how the pear brandy will taste.  EDIT: I've just tried to find the thread about the "bottle in a pear tree" but can't.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 26, 2008 12:47:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2008 14:24:31 GMT
Thanks RF - I've book marked it now. |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 18, 2008 16:50:17 GMT
Despite mine being in pots for a couple of years now and previously flowering beautifully, they didn't flower this year at all. I have 2 troughs with white ones in them and 2 large pots, one blue one black, also 2 smaller pots with a white dwarf variety in them. Thinking back non of them put on much leaf growth this year either. Wonder whats up with them, has it been a bad year for them, anyone else had no flowers this year |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 18, 2008 17:20:37 GMT
I love Agapanthus and had them for about 5 years in a large tub but I found them difficult to be honest.
If the pot is too big they don't flower well until more or less pot-bound, the roots are so sensitive, if they don't get enough water or food they don't flower and what was very difficult for me was that they are not hardy but need to be kept in a light place over winter and I only have the cellar which is dark and then they don't flower again. In the end I left them outside all one winter and that was that.
I did hear that there is a new Agapanthus Headbourne Hybrid that is hardy, even for here. Does anyone know anything about it?
RF
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 21, 2008 20:14:41 GMT
Anyone else had non flowering Agapanthus this year |
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Post by Ruthie on Nov 21, 2008 20:28:34 GMT
RF, A 'Headbourne Hybrids' have been around for years and have always been listed as hardy - well in the UK anyway. Perhaps they've developed an even hardier strain?
Chuckles, I'm afraid I have non flowering Aggies every year. As RF says they don't flower well when repotted, they like to be potbound.....BUT, they don't flower unless they are well nourished and my feeding regime leaves a little to be desired ('specially when it rains all Summer and they don't need watering!). I have a pale blue and a white which flower every year, some more prolifically than others but my dark blue ones are pathetic, I only get a flower once in a blue moon. I keep trying though, can't bear to throw them away.
Also, any which I have planted out have grown beautifully and survived the Winter OK but Never flower!
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 22, 2008 11:47:11 GMT
RF, A 'Headbourne Hybrids' have been around for years and have always been listed as hardy - well in the UK anyway. Perhaps they've developed an even hardier strain? I was led to believe that there is a hardier strain of the "Headbourne Hybrids" and that it would be hardy for Germany. People seem to have heard about it here but no-one can tell me the name of it. I would have liked to have tried it out, if it exists, but they really are fussy plants. RF |
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Post by Amo on Nov 22, 2008 19:49:30 GMT
From what I can gather , they like a bit of bondage!!! I saw them in both Scilly and Madreria in the most awkward of places. Really tight in with concrete and a hard place all flowering their heads off. Don't be too kind to them just bake them.
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 28, 2008 13:55:59 GMT
Mmm maybe I need to feed more than I did this year. All mine are welll restricted in terms of their roots, the ones that are in the trough have got polystyrene sheets that I cut to size expecially to keep the roots frost free and restricted to one part of the trough. Just not my year for Aggies I guess |
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- be careful - they did so much damage - it died 
