Is the African lily (agapanthus) hardy?

The African lily and its needs

The African lily comes originally from South Africa and is therefore only limited frost hardy. Since this type of plant can only survive minus degrees in the single-digit range and for short periods of time, it will usually be in this country planted as a container plant. Since the root rhizoma spreads within a few years to the size of the respective planter, you should do this regularly share, with offshoots from the Tubers not always the same bloom.

Hibernate the African Lily properly

The Agapanthus come in different subspecies, either with green leaves overwinter or pull in the leaves and start the next season only with the rhizome. The ideal winter quarters for the African lily has a temperature between 0 degrees Celsius and 7 degrees Celsius. Agapanthus should as little or not at all in winter

poured will. While leaf-feeding ornamental lilies can also be overwintered in the dark, evergreen specimens prefer a light winter quarters.

Conditions for wintering outdoors

Under certain conditions, you can use the African Lily also overwinter outdoors:

• with only slight minus degrees during the entire winter season
• if the plants are in loose soil without the risk of waterlogging
• with appropriate winter protection

That Winter in the open only really promises success if you live in an extremely mild wine-growing climate. It should also be a protected one Location act with a lot of sunlight. If there is no complete snow cover before the first night frosts, then you should protect the plants from the cold with a suitable fleece.

Tips & Tricks

Trying to overwinter the African lily outdoors always involves a certain risk in Central Europe. Therefore, you should only dare to try this experiment if you do not need enough due to the strong growth of the ornamental lily rhizome Propagation offshoots from the sharedTubers feature.