What a mammoth task. You must have been exhausted!! A great show of determination. Well done and thanks for the instructive video. My agapanthus are similarly rootbound but in ceramic pots. Don’t think I will stand a chance of getting them out without breaking the very expensive pots! 😥
I was going to repot my agap in a bigger pot but had quite a shock how hard it was to separate the clump. In the end I trimmed some of the roots and just left it alone. I laughed when I saw you using a tomahawk 🤣
Rhizomes were removed and have had no regrowth in over a year. No issues have come from removing them. They’re a beautiful plant that is evergreen and we love them.
They are toxic however they would have to ingest a fair amount to have an effect. I’ve never had an issue with a dog even being interested in them. A new puppy that’s teething would be my only concern.
As long as it’s not completed flooded now will be fine. It’s good to plant them when there is rain as they’ll have enough water to establish and won’t get forgotten about like in summer. Just don’t let them get supper wet for too long.
Hi Tracy, I just planted a new agapatha, it's been in the ground about 4 days now Suddenly I have white coloration on the ends of leaves and they are drooping. We live in zone 9 Las Vegas nevada usa..its been in the the 90s. The plant was a hood size but somewhat root bound. I prepped the soil with good soil, amend and peat moss. I soaked it good initially. It has one hood dripper but I've been hand watering it each morning since it's new and hot out. It's in direct sun most of the day. I had a smaller one next to it that has been there over a year doing well. Im wondering if I'm overwatering or if it's a fungus as I watered from the top these first days? It's hard to know water requirements here in the desert..I've killed many plants by overwatering. Help? I wish I could send a pic.
Hi there, it sounds like it could be in a little shock. I would suggest trimming the leaves down so that it’s got about 6 - 12 inches of green showing above the soil depending on the size it is now. Trimming the leaves will help the plant focus its growth on the roots and getting it established. Best of luck
This might seem like a dumb question but I think I accidentally have 2 or 3 different sizes of agapanthus (all blueish purple ones) and I need to move the shorter ones to the front. If a plant is younger are the leaves thinner, smaller and shorter and get larger every year till maturity or can you still tell young plants apart by your video?
They are going to look smaller because younger ones are smaller but the leaf colours and structures will remain the same. Just concentrate on matching leaves for the same plant. If you make a mistake you can always pull them out later and replant. They’re very hardy so moving them won’t cause too much stress
Don’t clip them, just let them keep growing roots. As they over grow the space, start to increase the container size. They won’t like to be trimmed down.
Dividing these more frequently is the key and putting in miniature ones only would help the situation. Most people don’t divide these often enough. 3 to 5 years would be idea .
Hearing the sound of the aggies ripping is so satisfying I have a massive garden full of agapanthus and im currently trying to remove them all hahaha a big job but it WILL happen
Thank you for you comment. Check out this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JamH03WDoYs.htmlsi=SZywZeA1fe_GYT08 it will help you with dividing your Aggies. I try to divide into clumps with a mixture of mature and baby aggies if there are babies. It will give them the best chance of survival. If there are no natural gaps for division you want to choose a path that looks like it’ll have the least victims and seperate from the bottom soil - not the top leaves. This will allow the plant to seperate without the loss of many aggies in the process. Once the plant is replanted in smaller clumps, it’ll have more space to grow and have more nutrients available to it and will give you more flowers as a reward. Best of luck
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your agapanthus videos! I have not looked at all of them yet but I have a potted Aggie that is huge and root bound. The problem is that there really aren’t any channels, maybe one, and most of them are babies. It also didn’t bloom at all last year. 😢 My thought was to divide the few big ones off the babies in one clump and then keep batches of 4 or 5 babies together, trim the roots and leaves and hope for the best! But now I’m wondering if perhaps you have any suggestions?
I absolutely love that you worked with your niece on this. Your walk thru of each step, how and why to a young person is 1) a lovely way to grow a gardener❤ and 2) share the basics with all of us watching in a highly accessible way. Well done!
Why would you call these cuttings, as they do have roots attached. I would consider a cutting as being a portion of a plant that has to be rooted in some way.
Thanks lady these plants have been propogating for over 20 yrs next to my driveway and this helps me reduce the chaos without getting absolutly slimed by cutting all the leaves.
She’s scratching away like a ditch witch. You gotta get the dirt out of the trench and do one side otherwise it all falls back in and then you gonna shove it
If your heading into winter and you get frost. I would suggest taking the potted agapanthus into a green house and bringing it back out after the final frost and once it’s warming up. Keep it in soil. They aren’t bulbs so they need to stay planted. Good luck 😃
No way, dig that clump up and divide it into smaller clumps to replant. They’ll bounce back and look lovely in no time. Don’t forget some fertiliser in the hole. Check out this video for help ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qluWeNy8vn0.htmlsi=DveR3PxHkg6SDioO
It really depends on your location. Here in South Australia they’ll survive outside all year round. If you experience snow or constant frost I would suggest storing in a green house.
