Description
The Ever Sapphire Agapanthus from the Southern Living Plant Collection is a deciduous perennial that produces multiple flower stalks every year with spherical bloom clusters of blue trumpet shaped blooms. These flowers attract bees and butterflies and have exceptional pest and disease resistance. Use this Agapanthus is your landscape in beds, as an accent, in mass plantings or in container gardens. When planting this Agapanthus, select a location that receives full sun to part shade, dig the hole twice as wide as the pot and mix rich garden soil in with your native soil, then leave the top of the root ball a half inch above the ground level when filling the hole with soil. Use a slow-release granular fertilizer in Spring and water regularly. Not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival.
- Find a suitable planting location based on the planting specifications listed above.
- Remember to leave a room for their clumps to expand.
- Dig a hole roughly three times as wide as the pot that your plants came in.
- Mix your native soil with some rich garden soil or compost to encourage new root growth and expansion.
- Place the plant in the hole and backfill around it with your dirt mixture.
- Water your new planting deeply to settle the soil and hydrate your plant.
