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Key characteristics

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Height: 24-30 inches tall
Width: 18-24 inches wide
Flower color: Violet-blue
Foliage color: Dark green, strap-like leaves
Bloom time: Mid to late summer
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate
Maintenance: Low
Growing zone: USDA Zones 7-10
Wildlife: Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

Perennials

Agapanthus 'Windlebrooke'

Windlebrooke Lily of the Nile

Agapanthus 'Windlebrooke' delights with clusters of soft, violet-blue flowers that bloom in mid to late summer, creating a serene and calming effect in the garden. Each blossom forms a small, star-like shape, and the numerous flowers create a dense, rounded cluster atop slender stems, adding height and elegance to garden beds and borders.

Originating as a cultivated variety chosen for its reliable flowering and soft color, 'Windlebrooke' brings a gentle wave of cool tones to sunny spaces.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate

Bloom time

Mid to late summer

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Hummingbird Gardens

Companion plants

Lungworts · Daylilies · Japanese anemones · Bleeding hearts · Catmint · Heucheras

Design tip

Summer flowers carry the middle of the season, so place it where the bed needs color once spring bulbs fade. It takes sun or light shade, which makes it useful along the changing light of a bed edge or a partly shaded border.