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Wigandia
valued helper
Noorat Victoria Australia
Are your Agi's panting...13 Jan '06 8:16 pm
After a forty degree heat the agi pants are still with us...
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
13 Jan '06 8:20 pm
Wow! They are sooo beautiful!!!
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Wigandia
valued helper
Noorat Victoria Australia
more....13 Jan '06 8:35 pm
| Liza wrote: | | Wow! They are sooo beautiful!!! |
Thanks Lisa..have a look at my other January offerings!!
Best
Billy
http://wigandia.smugmug.com/gallery/1104036
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Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
agapanthus14 Jan '06 8:48 am
A stunning picture, thank you. Here in NZ, the agis are a somewhat despised plant, some have escaped in to the native bush, which is of concern.
I love them for their foliage as well as flower, and have the large deep blue along a fence,with rose'alberic barbier' accompanying them,together with Helichrysum(sp?) 'limelight' . I have two varieties of dwarf agapanthus around the base of silver birches and in clumps with Lavatera'Barnsley'and artemesia.As you can tell, I like to have things that complement each other, and agapanthus are a'must'.Though I like the pastel tones, your picture of the blue-orange contrast is magic.
Regards to all, from mid-20s summer morning,Dixie.
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Wigandia
valued helper
Noorat Victoria Australia
Re: agapanthus Thanks Dixie14 Jan '06 9:24 am
| dixie wrote: | A stunning picture, thank you. Here in NZ, the agis are a somewhat despised plant, some have escaped in to the native bush, which is of concern.
Thanks Dixie..certain pressure groups would have the humble Ag placed on the noxious list here in AU...(I find the 'politically correct' notion about what is and what is not a weed somewhat tedious...Anglo-Celtic (predominantly) agriculture has altered both our countries to such a level that a few escaped garden plants are but a 'pittance' in the scheme of things...we are both surrounded by the escapees of past and present agricultural endeavors..)
(Also many gardeners historically tend to despise plants which actually do quite well without our CONTROL...)
I love them for their foliage as well as flower, and have the large deep blue along a fence,with rose'alberic barbier' accompanying them,together with Helichrysum(sp?) 'limelight' . I have two varieties of dwarf agapanthus around the base of silver birches and in clumps with Lavatera'Barnsley'and artemesia.As you can tell, I like to have things that complement each other, and agapanthus are a'must'.Though I like the pastel tones, your picture of the blue-orange contrast is magic.
Regards to all, from mid-20s summer morning,Dixie. |
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
The darling blue Agapanthus!17 Jan '06 1:17 am
Billy!
Thank you for sending me to your January Gallery! I did enjoy it , and I added some comments to it!
By the way, your Agapanthus flowers in the Gallery are sooo soothingly inspiring! Agapanthus meaning "He, who loves the flower" in Greek, it is not by chance that this plant is your best model! Cheers!
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muddywellies
nominate your own title
North Devon, SW England
Are your aggies panting20 Jan '06 8:34 pm
Great picture!
Very encouraging for those of us in the northern hemisphere! We have about thirty varieties of Aggie (Trude & Blessingham Blue are my favorites) but at this time of year they are all bedraggled and sad looking. They are something of a late summer flowerer for us Brits and really need something to share their space with a flower that appears earlier for best effect. But your picture makes us look forward to summer all the more!
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pumpkin
compost executive
Auckland
No....but....23 Jan '06 7:02 am
....My sunnyflowers are whirling!
hehe
Like dixie says, aggies do have their detractors (sp) but I love them too! 
I have about a hundred along my fenceline and they look brilliant when they bloom! Wonderful plants!
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moosey
head gardener
23 Jan '06 7:38 am
Whenever my pet lamb Fred jumped his fence (looking for his mother, namely me) and started quietly browsing in my house gardens, he ate the following: assorted flowers (particularly roses and lychnis), assorted leaves (particularly bergenias, heucheras, photinia, geranium leaves, even some catmint) but...
He snuffled his nose into my dwarf agapanthus patch, took one bite and spat it out! Ha! Sheep-proof!
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Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
agis23 Jan '06 11:37 am
Cattle won`t eat agapanthus, either, but every now and then they will yank an agi`s head off just to say"Ha Ha"
Dixie
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