Poppin' Purple African Lily Plants

Agapanthus 'Poppin' Purple': African Lily / Lily of the Nile Plants

Round flower umbels of intense purple, nearing black but remaining bright, in part due to their glossiness. The strap-shaped evergreen leaves are mid-green and glossy. Clump-forming to 60cm x 60cm and with a particularly long flowering period.

Agapanthus are only delivered pot-grown, year round.

Browse our Agapanthus varieties or our full range of perennial plants.

Features:

• Evergreen
• Low-maintenance ornamental
• Umbels of purple flowers
• Blooms Jun-Sept
• Suitable for pots
• Max. Height: 60cm
• Pot-Grown: Year-Round Delivery

Growing 'Poppin' Purple' Agapanthus

Agapanthus need full sun to perform properly and are not suitable for planting outside in colder areas: here they should be grown in a pot and brought under shelter in winter. Otherwise, if an extensive period of frosts or snow is forecast, it is best to cover them

Suitable for any well-drained soil, they like sharply drained, sandy soil in particular, but they will not flower well if they dry out during the growing season.

You can cut out the flowering stems when they fade, but many people prefer to leave some of them for a while to provide autumn interest, and remove them after winter cold blackens them.

In Your Garden Design

Agapanthus look wonderful in serried ranks along the base of a wall, or in a large pot, where they make a bold statement. Their elegant tall but slender stems give height in the border without bulk. Grow with other sunlovers such as perovskia and salvias, and mix with other varieties. Also work with Mediterranean-style plants such as astranthia Star of Beauty, campanula lactiflora and eryngium bourgatii. In containers, try bordering with Erigeron karvinskianus and/or convolvulus cneorum and mixing with white agapanthus.

Did You Know?

'Poppin' Purple is a prizewinner, gaining a Gold in 2020 in the HTA's New Plants Award.