Hey Everyone,
I have a bunch of these plants (not sure they name but they are everywhere so im sure easy to identify for you guys). They are looking very sickly this year. I was wondering 1. what are they called? 2. How would I go about rehabilitating them and getting them looking fresh? 3. How long would it take to start looking good again? Thanks for your help!
by chocolatedouble199
4 Comments
Dig them up and replace with Lomandra.
They’re called agapanthus and they are garbage. Consider pulling them out, but ensure to get every trace of the roots.
They are called Agapanthus. In some regions they are a weed.
You can cut the tall seed heads off at the base.
Pull/prune the dead leaves.
Ideally, they could be pulled up and split apart (with a shovel, saw or axe) then individually replanted.
Adding my vote to Team Bin Them – agapanthus are an environmental menace and they’re not even that great as garden plants. I’m pretty sure they are the mother ship for snails and we always used to be wary of them in summer because that’s where the snakes lived. If you desperately love them as plants/flowers get one of the newer sterile varieties so they don’t seed.
You have a nice little corner bed there and could make a very pretty garden.