My climate is very different from yours, but I think your agapanthus will bloom if they are not cut back, if they are planted where they get enough sun. The foliage may sunburn later in the season, but you will get more blooms. If given enough water the sunburn will be less. Al

I would love to trade for your cannas and daylilies and zone 7 palms but i only have the giant blue agapanthus, but maybe you'll Chris

I've never grown agapanthus, but happen to have JUST finished the chapter on them in Eck and Winterrowd's "Our Life in Gardens" (FABULOUS book -- every real gardener should read it) and among other things, they say: "From time to time, northern gardeners hear rumors of "hardy" agapanthus, special strains that might survive the winter, even in Zone 5, "with protection." The famous Headbourne hybrids,... are frequently mentioned.... The Headbourne hybrids have achieved notoriety not for their considerable beauty, but because they are said to be the hardiest agapanthus of all. Hardiness is never a matter of mere winter lows, however, but is always something like a complex tossed salad. So it may happen -- in a most privileged courtyard garden in Washington or even New York City, with perfect winter drainage, some evergreen boughs placed over the crowns in December, a good covering of snow, and perhaps an exposed basement wall that leaks heat and is just opposite the furnace -- it MAY happen that some selection might live to see the spring and flower in summer. But we remain skeptical. And so, to consummate an affair with agapanthus, you must resort to shoving and hauling, smashing [referring to earlier references to the roots and how you might actually have to smash the pot to get the plant out] and splintering, to a cold bedroom of nasty, yellowing foliage, always anticipating the pure bliss that will come. Not so different, after all, from any other love affair." (So reads the whole book -- if your library has it, it is WELL worth a read of the whole chapter on agapanthus care ... then keep reading, the whole book is about love, of plants, pets and people. A wonderful book to curl up with!)

I have seeds for both blue and white giant agapanthus. I would like to trade for plumeria seeds, preferably any shade of pink (or cuttings, if I could ever be so fortunate!) Agapanthus are commonly known as Lily of the Nile. They are the plant with the big green strappy leaves and a big ball flower in either blue or white. See link to some pictures below. Anyone have any pink plumie seeds they want to trade for agapanthus seeds? Here is a link that might be useful: Agapanthus/Lily of the Nile Pictures