Is this agapanthus? With pics

[Slightlysurviving]

In a new garden and there is lots of this in the site of our extension. Is it agapanthus? It didn't flower this summer ( since may) and I can't be bothered to lift anymore at least 20 to go, if it's not worth saving. Anyone know what this could be please?

Looks like it, yes. It might not have flowered because it was root bound, in which case, lifting and separating it before replanting might give it renewed vigour to flower next year. Give it some fertilizer too.

I think so too. I've just dug one of mine up and it has quite distinctive fleshy roots.

Thanks I will endeavour to dig the rest then. I am sure I can find homes with friends and family.

I thought agapanthus likes to be congested? It means it can't reproduce by splitting, so has to concentrate on flowering instead.

Or is that nonsense?

@mrsbertbibby that's news to me, but worth investigating as I could bring a few together in a pot to speed the process up if true.

They do flower better if potbound, ( if you're growing it in a pot), in the open ground they just seem to make big clumps over time.

It's not montbretia, and it's not bluebell. So that's the two bulbous thugs eliminated, so by default it's worth keeping.

If it's something used to growing in poor rocky ground (as I suspect Agapanthus is), then it'll react to fertile soil by masses of vegetative growth at the expense of flowers. So potbound is worth a try (you can sink the pot into the ground).

Lots of people do say pot bound is good for it, but this isn’t the experience I’ve had. Had to plant them out and then, because they keep expanding, I divided them up to increase the plants I had and from that point on they’ve flowered better than when they were potted.

I thought agapanthus liked to be crowded?

When might weren’t they didn’t flower. But as all the plants around them have started to expand they’ve been flowering

Sarah Raven supports the constricted root theory. Not too potbound, but not too roomy either.