What can it be? (Agapanthus)

Poor flowers due to the wrong winter quarters

The African lily is cultivated in this country in evergreen and leaf-feeding species. All different species of the African lily are best at a temperature between 0 and 7 degrees Celsius overwintered. While lower temperatures can mean the end for ornamental lilies, too warm winter quarters can lead to a blossomless season in the next summer care for. So choose the right room to hibernate by carefully checking the uniform temperature there with a thermometer.

African lilies only bloom with enough nutrients

In the case of ornamental lilies, there can be different reasons for a lack of nutrients and the resulting lack of flowers:

• lack of fertilization
• a well-rooted pot and, as a result, little substrate
• the exhausting formation of seeds

Between April and August you can fertilize your African lily with a special leaf fertilizer or with ordinary fertilizers

Complete fertilizer over the ground fertilize. Since the roots of ornamental lilies spread greatly over the years, the planter may become completely rooted. In such a case, you should be in the spring Repot one Multiplication division make. Wilted inflorescences should always be the same cut off otherwise the maturity of the seeds consumes a lot of growth energy.

Give the ornamental lilies enough time after dividing them

Immediately after division it can happen that ornamental lilies do not bloom again in the first and second year. This is quite normal and should not unsettle you or motivate you to overfertilize the plants. Therefore, always choose the planter large enough so that the plants do not divide and divide as often repot to have to.

Tips & Tricks

The planter should be chosen sufficiently large for the African Lily, but a certain tightness also stimulates the flowering potential. Therefore, try to find a balance between a long, undivided period of time in a pot and the plants' need for close-fitting roots.