| Scientific Name: | Agapanthus (incl. hybrids) |
| Common Name: | African lily, lily of the Nile |
| Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Most common cultivars 45-90(-120)cm tall; leaves basal, linear, most 30-60(-80)cm long x 2-4(-6)cm wide, arching; umbel rises above the foliage on a long green-reddish peduncle with two large bracts at its apex, flowers funnel-shaped, most 1.5-2.5cm wide, Jul-Sep. | |