What the fuck is agapanthus?

[Floogeldy]

Thanks,

Floog

;)

[petronius]

1. It's something you can see on the Googles...

:shrug:

[Floogeldy]

5. Yes, I am quite sure I can see it on Google.

I know that there is a gap and, thus, that is the difference between the taint and the other.

I just wondered what other people thought. :)

Thanks, petronius.

[redwitch]

2. It's a plant. Very pretty.

Agapanthus africanus is also known as "Lily of the Nile" Purple flowers, very tropical.

[Nicole]

3. Something that dies

in Oklahoma during winter. :(

I have to grow it in pots so I can put them in the garage during the winter.

[catzies]

4. It's fucking everywhere in SoCal that's what. HomeDepot cheap &

therefore pretty much ubiquitous, from housing developments, to industrial parks.

It's pedestrian landscaping, along with impatiens & pony packs of petunias.

Its only reedeming quality is that hummingbirds like it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear catzies...

I have a lot of the dwarf version in my yard just for the hummingbirds...

And I think it's very lovely!

If you're far enough away from the plant, it looks as though the flowers are floating in mid-air...

:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

7. Hey, CP. How hardy is it? Could I grow it here?

I'm 1/2 way through a backyard re-do and I would LOVE some plants that attract hummingbirds. It's going to be 34 tonight. Do you think that this plant could make it here?

How ya doing BTW?

[XemaSab]

9. If you want killer hummingbird plants

Why not go native?

Monkey flowers, currants, snapdragons, penstemons, lobelias, columbines, honeysuckles, sages, and of course California fuschia are all terrific hummingbird plants.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Okay, DUer's resident aviary expert.

I have a request. I live in VA, right now it is 34 degrees, doesn't get TOO much colder than that. I would ADORE having some hummingbird enticing plants here.

I just redid the backyard, so I am totally open to suggestion. CP suggested the nursery here but, honestly, they weren't much help. They said they didn't get a lot of folks requesting hummingbird attracting plants.

I just think that would be so beautiful. I would also love to do the butterfly attracting plant thing.

TIA, XemaSab!!!!

[XemaSab]

13. Why did I think you were in California?

:D

Have you tried looking online for hummingbird attracting plants that will grow in your area?

There should be many resources on the google.

Also try http://www.vnps.org/

But don't plant African plants! :P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Midlo!

Hmmm........how cold does it get in VA? I think it needs fairly warm days...

I honestly don't know how well it does in cooler climates......

We have weather that resembles Italy's.......it doesn't freeze here...

I'd check with your local gardener/nursery. They'd know for sure...

I'm good......being a mod is more work than I expected...But the forum is great with lots of support!

And the MOd Hot Tub? The best! :rofl:

[XemaSab]

8. McOfficePark McPlant

booooo-ring!

[Floogeldy]

12. Pic?

:)

[XemaSab]

14. Here:

[Floogeldy]

15. Well, XemaSab . . .

. . . you are obviously more sophisticated than I in the realm of office park flora and fauna. ;)

[grasswire]

16. that's not like any agapanthus I've ever seen

[radwriter0555]

18. uh that's not agapanthus.....

These are! I appreciate them better from a distance.

Their foliage is long leaves close to the ground in a cluster formation, with the long bare stalks standing tall and ending in a burst of color, either a shade of blue/purple or a lovely pure white. They bloom in the warmest weather, and the rest of the year provide a nice green clustered border plant. They're one of my favorites in the garden, they put on a spectacular show.

[Lautremont]

17. A vegetable that makes your pee smell weird.

[BrotherBuzz]

21. Yep, and I think Ben Franklin grew it, too.

Benjamin Franklin, in a wide-ranging discussion of bodily discharges, once noted, "a few stems of asparagus eaten shall give our urine a disagreeable odor; and a pill of turpentine no bigger than a pea shall bestow upon it the pleasing smell of violets."

[XemaSab]

19. Who the fuck knows?

:shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Are you bored, my dear Xema?

I just knew it was you who kicked this thread back up!

:hi:

[longship]

22. You mean this?