Talk:Agapanthus africanus

Bad Smell

No one seems to have mentioned just how badly this plant stinks (or at least the purple variety.) They are commonly used for landscaping in Southern California, and their skunklike, rotten, musky odor is quite distinct and detectable up to a mile downwind. Carrying so much as a single blossom in any sort of bag will make that bag smell for days. I absolutely hate those plants! What could possibly be appealing about them? --Ardonik.talk()^* 04:23, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)

I have never noticed a bad smell form any of the Agapanthus species. Are you sure that you have the correct plant? Some of the other South African species in the Alliaceae family do smell bad though. Wild garlic (Tulbaghia) for instance smells awful when the plant is bruised. payxystaxna (talk) 14:57, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Ease of propagation

I have conflicting information on the cultivation needs of these plants. Some sources say that they are difficult to grow without very good drainage, while the article says it can be grown in waterways? Also it is a species from the Cape, which is a winter rainfall region, while the article claims that it needs lots of water in the summer.

The PlantZAfrica webpage linked to this article also states that this species is not an easy Agapanthus to grow.

Could previous authors of this article shed some light? payxystaxna (talk) 15:05, 3 December 2008 (UTC)