Agapanthus Silver Moon

Agapanthus Silver Moon is aptly named. It is a true collector's plant distinguished by its fantastic foliage adorned with light, completely variegated with green and cream-white, particularly wide. This deciduous and hardy bulbous plant is adorned in June-July with numerous medium lavender-blue umbels, carried well above the foliage. Ideal for adding a touch of poetry and a seaside atmosphere to balconies, terraces, and flower beds, or to summer bouquets. It should be grown in full sun, in rich, well-drained, moist to dry soil.

This new hybrid Agapanthus is a bulbous plant of the lily family, relatively hardy and its foliage disappears in autumn.

The Silver Moon variety is an exceptional form, which appears from a distance variegated with silver. The plant develops from a short rhizome with fleshy roots. It forms a sprawling clump, composed of broadly bordered grey-green ribbon-like leaves with white edges, quite wide, deciduous. When in flower, it will not exceed 70cm (28in) in height by 40cm (16in) in width. It is in the heart of summer that its sturdy floral stems appear, crowned with slightly loose umbels, with 20 to 50 lavender-blue flowers. This bulbous plant is hardy up to about -15°C, in well-drained soil and sheltered exposure.

Agapanthus Silver Moon is used in the background of flower beds, surrounded by low-growing perennials with grey foliage for example, or to border pathways, with the feet covered in creeping plants (Cerastiums, Artemisias, creeping Euonymus, Aubrietas). It will also be invited in large pots on the terrace, in a beautiful wide pot that will allow this plant to produce numerous flower spikes. This method of cultivation has the advantage of being able to store it indoors during intense frosts. It is a plant that thrives by the seaside, in an English cottage, and even in a contemporary city garden. Cut and placed in a vase, the flowers and leaves will bring their freshness and originality to the house.