{"product_id":"agapanthus-praecox-zambezi","title":"Agapanthus praecox 'Zambezi'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgapanthus praecox 'Zambezi'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the African lily at its most generous: broad, glossy evergreen straps of foliage all year, then tall stems in mid to late summer carrying great spherical heads of rich blue trumpets, each a firework of dozens of flowers that bees and butterflies work for weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvergreen agapanthus are the lush, big-headed side of the family, and the honest trade-off is hardiness: we rate 'Zambezi' H3. In mild and coastal gardens it overwinters outside under a deep dry mulch; everywhere else it is one of the great container plants, flowering harder for a snug root run and wintering under cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e fertile and free-draining; slightly pot-bound plants flower best.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e flower stems to around 1 m over 50 cm foliage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H3; mulch deeply outdoors in mild areas, pot elsewhere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLine a sunny path with pots of it, mass it in a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/coastal-plants\"\u003ecoastal border\u003c\/a\u003e where the salt air suits it, or grow it beside our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e. Compare it with the smaller \u003ca href=\"\/products\/agapanthus-africanus-blue\"\u003eAgapanthus africanus Blue\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/agapanthus-africanus-white\"\u003eWhite\u003c\/a\u003e we also grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown, well-rooted clumps. Overwintering honesty in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"13cm \/ 1L","offer_id":58370071822719,"sku":"AGAPZAMB13","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/agapanthus_473f74a3-8712-483a-98c6-266431e0c9fe.jpg?v=1789652987","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/agapanthus-praecox-zambezi","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}