Re: Hardy Agapanthus

**Graham Rice g*@tiscali.co.uk**

In the new catalog from the invaluable Seneca Hill Perennials there's 
also a hardy agapanthus listed.

Agapanthus campanulatus, old Wayside Gardens clone.....
Zone 5?
H: to 60cm/2ft
Sun, well-drained soil; excellent container plant
This clone was purchased from Wayside Gardens over 30 years ago, and 
is hardy in the open garden in central Illinois. A robust grower, it 
has the typical fairly narrow deciduous foliage and medium-blue, open 
flowers of the species.

There's a picture online (with lots of other great stuff) at: 
http://www.senecahill.com/pages/Aplants.html

Graham Rice
Milford PA

>In a recent public relations email there was a promotion for a hardy
>Agapanthus 'Cold Hardy White' from High Country Gardens in New 
>Mexico.  According to
>their online catalog this plant is hardy to zone 5 with the caveat that the
>first few winters it should be mulched heavily.  Has any list member 
>in zone 5 or
>6 grown this plant and could you comment on it?  The area in Africa where the
>plants are said to originate are quite high (over 11,000 feet) so it would
>seem quite possible that these plants could be very hardy.  Are they?
>Andrew Messinger
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