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African Lily Blue Umbrella in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Agapanthus 'Blue Umbrella'

 

African Lily 'Blue Umbrella'

A clump-forming, evergreen perennial with broad, strap-shaped, dark green leaves and large, rounded heads of trumpet-shaped flowers, often with a central stripe on the petals. It flowers in late summer and early autumn. 'Blue Umbrella' has large umbels of sky blue flowers

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plant Features
  • African Lily Blue Umbrella likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • African Lily Blue Umbrella likes very little water

    Very little water

  • African Lily Blue Umbrella is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • African Lily Blue Umbrella likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

African Lily 'Blue Umbrella'

Latin name

Agapanthus 'Blue Umbrella'

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Amaryllidaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    African Lily Blue Umbrella likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    African Lily Blue Umbrella is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    African Lily Blue Umbrella likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    African Lily Blue Umbrella likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown African Lily Blue Umbrella is 0.60meters x 0.90meters 0.60 M 0.90 M

Agapanthus 'Blue Umbrella'

A clump-forming, evergreen perennial with broad, strap-shaped, dark green leaves and large, rounded heads of trumpet-shaped flowers, often with a central stripe on the petals. It flowers in late summer and early autumn. 'Blue Umbrella' has large umbels of sky blue flowers


Flowering

From Mid Summer TO Mid Autumn

Summer and autumn mid blue with central stripe, large, trumpet like individual flowers held in round flower heads.

 

Planting Outdoors Spring

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

In spring plant out container grown plants in a moist, well drained and sunny site.

 

Planting outdoors

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

In spring plant out container grown plants in a moist, well drained and sunny site

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow seed under glass in early spring for transplanting in early summer.

 
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