Agapanthus In Flower. Agapanthus ˌɡəˈpnθəs is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The word Agapanthus itself is derived from two Greek words that mean love and flower.
The umbel is between four and eight inches wide depending on the cultivar. Globe flower heads stand proudly atop tall sturdy stems with blooms ranging from dark violet to. The highly revered Queen Victoria made some additions to its meaning and as time went by - the agapanthus came to be a flower to represent a love that is concealed and chaste.
08102008 Agapanthus Amethyst is a dwarf variety with pale lilac flowers featuring a darker amethyst stripe running along the centre of each petal.
The commonly grown agapanthus form clumps up to a metre across and plants in flower can be a metre or more tall. White Agapanthus also known as the Queen Mum Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother This Agapanthus is very dark voilet and has a lighter base. 29072017 Both are holders of National Collections and offer a wide variety of agapanthus with flowers from inky blue to snow-white. Some claim that there are pink varieties but I havent ever seen them.