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Agapanthus - no flowers this year! Any suggestions

Last post 09-09-2009 9:24 PM by redflower. 3 replies.

• 09/09/2009 04:49 PM
  redflower Location: London Joined on: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 5	Reply | Contact Our agapanthus, which for the past few years has always produced about 12 stems and flowers, did not produce any stems of flowers at all this year. Lots of leaves, but no flowers.   Has anyone any suggestions as to how to get back to getting flowers?   Many thanks   Redflower

• 09/09/2009 05:09 PM

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  hydropiper Location: Cardiff Joined on: 23 Jun 2009 Posts: 60

  Reply | Contact There are several reasons why you may have had a lack of flowers this year :  Agapanthus can be shy to flower if subjected to drought conditions following flowering during the growing season of the previous year. Although with the amount of rain we had last summer I doubt this would've been the case! To ensure a good display next year, keep plants moist until autumn after flowers start to fade, which will encourage the development of new flower buds for next years display. There is a common misconception that agapanthus flowers better when pot-bound. Although they like to be cosy in their pots, they flower poorly when over-potted or over-divided, they also flower poorly when excessively pot-bound. Try repotting, plus watering and feeding in spring, to improve flowering. For the best flower displays, feed weekly or fortnightly with a balanced liquid feed during the growing season until flowers begin to show colour. Water agapanthus plants regularly during the growing season, but only sparingly in winter. Too much shade, cold weather (we did have an unusually cold winter) and lack of winter protection are also common reasons why agapanthus to fail to flower.  Chris

• 09/09/2009 05:45 PM	In reply to
  rustic rose Location: worcs Joined on: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 10	Reply | Contact I have two pots of them...both have to over winter in my protected but unheated greenhouse.One was on the sunnier side this winter..the other had to be more in the shade.The sunnier side flowered,but the shady did not..they came out of greenhouse together and sit on the same patio area....so perhaps we should move somewhere warmer!!!!!

• 09/09/2009 09:24 PM	In reply to
  redflower Location: London Joined on: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 5	Reply | Contact  Thank you both for your advice. We'll water reasoianbly until winter, and feed them. They are panted in the earth, in a flower bed, but perhaps shadowed by a large shrub.   Many thanks   Redflower