Agapanthus

Today's the day ........................ for an enigma

My brother Ron is a lover of Agapanthus - and this little beauty called 'Enigma ' is his latest acquisition.

It's the first bi-colour agapanthus to be bred in the UK by Ken Rigney - and it is neither blue nor white but a beautiful combination of both. The trumpet-shaped flowers start off from white buds that become more and more stained at the base with purple-blue. When fully open the insides and main section of the petals are pure white but the tube and a stripe on the reverse of the petals is violet. It is altogether something really different and a real eye-catcher.

Of course, Agapanthus grow particularly well in New Zealand.  So well in fact that they are classified as a pernicious weed whose sale is prohibited.  So I'm not sure you would be allowed to grow them there.

Bit of an enigma that ...........................