History


* flower form (funnel, trumpet, star and tubular forms),
* type (looses foliage or keeps it’s foliage),
* foliage colour (light to dark green and variegated),
* foliage width and length,
* length in general,
* thickness and colour of the stem,
* size and colour of the flower,
* blooming period
Agapanthus is being grown in the Netherlands for pots, small bags and cut flowers. Because strong stems are preferable for cut flowers much of the hybridizing was focussed on length. An Agapanthus for a pot has more ornamental value when it is relatively short, so that there is a better balance between pot and plant. Over the course of years there have been so many hybridizing efforts that there are currently more than 600 different varieties, in white and blue to almost black.