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African Lily Sweet Surprise in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Agapanthus 'Sweet Surprise'

 

African Lily 'Sweet Surprise'

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.Agapanthus 'Sweet Surprise' is a compact plant the fowers of which feature a 'star' with a navy stripe along the centre of each petal. These blooms are borne from mid to late summer. To 60cm

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plant Features
  • African Lily Sweet Surprise likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • African Lily Sweet Surprise likes very little water

    Very little water

  • African Lily Sweet Surprise is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • African Lily Sweet Surprise likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

African Lily 'Sweet Surprise'

Latin name

Agapanthus 'Sweet Surprise'

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Amaryllidaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    African Lily Sweet Surprise likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    African Lily Sweet Surprise is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    African Lily Sweet Surprise likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    African Lily Sweet Surprise likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown African Lily Sweet Surprise is 0.50meters x 0.60meters 0.50 M 0.60 M

Agapanthus 'Sweet Surprise'

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.Agapanthus 'Sweet Surprise' is a compact plant the fowers of which feature a 'star' with a navy stripe along the centre of each petal. These blooms are borne from mid to late summer. To 60cm


Planting outdoors

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

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

 

Planting Outdoors Spring

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.

 

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.

 
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