Cut flower crop
Agapanthus
Agapanthus spp.
Elegant summer focal flower with long stems, premium vase life, and outstanding florist appeal.
Overview
Why growers use it
Elegant summer focal flower with long stems, premium vase life, and outstanding florist appeal.
Floral use
Design and market fit
Role
Focal
Color notes
Lilac, Purple, Green, White
Choose a variety
Varieties worth opening
Agapanthus Amethyst
Lilac / Line flower / architectural secondary focal
A blue-lilac agapanthus with darker amethyst striping, clean stems, and strong architectural flower heads for fresh bouquets and florist work.
Open variety
Agapanthus BlackJack
Purple / Focal
Agapanthus BlackJack is a modern, compact, award-winning African lily grown for near-black buds that open into velvety black-purple rounded umbels. It is not a cheap bulk crop; it is a premium architectural accent for growers who want a dramatic dark summer stem that florists can recognise instantly. It should be planted from verified licensed stock, given full sun and excellent drainage, and allowed time to build mature crowns before judging productivity. In the right climate it can become a long-term bed crop with strong event value and a memorable marketing story.
Open variety
Agapanthus Blue Ice
White / Line flower / architectural secondary focal
A tall white-and-ice-blue agapanthus with strong stems and rounded flower heads for elegant summer bouquets, wedding work, and premium florist designs.
Open variety
Agapanthus Delft Blue
Purple / Line flower / architectural secondary focal
A tall pale violet-blue agapanthus with darker floret ribs and rounded summer flower heads for elegant bouquets, wedding work, and premium florist designs.
Open variety
Agapanthus Dr Brouwer
Purple / Line flower / architectural secondary focal
A dark-stemmed violet-blue agapanthus with sturdy 80 cm stems and rounded umbels for premium summer bouquets and florist designs.
Open variety
Agapanthus Emerald Ice
Red / Architectural accent / compact secondary focal
A rare compact green-white agapanthus with emerald-based florets for premium white-and-green bouquets, weddings, and florist work.
Open variety
Agapanthus Purple Cloud
Purple / Architectural accent / line flower
A tall dark violet-blue agapanthus with large nodding umbels and strong architectural summer stems for florists and flower farmers.
Open variety
Agapanthus Queen Mum
White / Architectural accent
Large blue-and-white bicolour agapanthus with tall stems and elegant rounded flower heads for premium summer bouquets and event designs.
Open variety
Agapanthus Storms River
Blue / Architectural accent
Pale grey-blue evergreen agapanthus with soft rounded flower heads and clean stems for summer bouquets and florist design.
Open variety
Agapanthus Twister
White / Focal
Agapanthus ‘Twister’ is a bicolour African lily grown from fleshy rhizomatous crowns and valued as a clean, architectural summer stem. It produces rounded umbels of white funnel-shaped florets with a dark violet-blue throat, carried above strong strap-like foliage. For a flower farm it should be treated as a premium perennial crop that earns its place through wedding value, florist novelty, and long-term clump productivity rather than fast annual turnover. It needs sun, drainage, patience, and careful postharvest handling because agapanthus is ethylene sensitive and does not store for long as a dry cut stem.
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