Agapanthus Brilliant Blue – Hardy Blue Nile Lily

Agapanthus Brilliant Blue is an excellent compact variety of the well loved Nile Lily. It’s perfect for nearer the front to middle of the border, or for planters on the patio, and will bloom prolifically from late June to October.

Agapanthus have lovely flowers, rounded globes that form of masses of individual blue star shaped blooms.

Commonly known as the Lily of the Nile, this Agapanthus is a reliable species that will thrive in a sunny border or container in well drained soil. Why not try beautiful blue, combined with pure white flowers in your garden for a cooling effect? Perhaps combine with hot colours like crocosmia and helenium to heat things up?

Suitable for containers or borders, the flowers appear on stems above strap like foliage making this native of South Africa a must have. Once the blooms have faded, the seed heads, if left, make an attractive winter feature.

Agapanthus Brilliant Blue is a hardy plant, often supplied complete with buds and blooms in season, once fully established, each clump can be expected to throw up in excess of 100 flower stems over the summer, so your garden is going to be very popular with the bees and butterflies of the neighbourhood.

Reaching just 75cms tall in full bloom, Brilliant Blue will thrive on a well drained soil in a sunny spot, can resist summer droughts once established, and winter cold as low as minus ten celsius. 

Supplied in approx. 2 litre containers.