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| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
| Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. Agapanthus is commonly known as "Lily of the Nile", but it is not a lily and all of the species are native to South Africa from the cape to the Limpopo River. This subspecies occurs in Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal. Although it is about the same height as subsp. praecox, it has up to 20 poisonous, strap-like leaves per plant which are arching and are not leathery. These range in length from 20 to 70 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide. Flower colour ranges from blue to white. Shiny black seeds are produced in three-sided capsules. Growing between 25cm and 60cm with broad soft bright green glossy leaves and large gentian blue to lobelia blue flowers in Summer. USDA Zone - 7 Season to Sow - Spring Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South African indigenous flora.
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