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Products > Agapanthus Gold Strike [‘GeaGold’] PPAF   Agapanthus Gold Strike [‘GeaGold’] PPAF - Gold Strike Lily of the Nile    [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Perennial Family: Amaryllidaceae (Onions) Origin: South Africa (Africa) Evergreen: Yes Variegated Foliage: Yes Flower Color: Blue & White Bloomtime: Summer Height: 1-2 feet Width: 1-2 feet Exposure: Sun or Shade Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F Agapanthus Gold Strike [‘GeaGold’] PPAF (Gold Strike Lily of the Nile) - A colorful compact evergreen variegated Lilly of the Nile with clumps of gold and green variegated foliage to 16 inches tall and topped in mid-summer with 24 inch tall stems of deep blue buds opening to elegant picotee dark blue & pale blue (nearly white) white striped flowers. This plant is a very striking plant in or out of bloom and would be great as a mass planting as a groundcover or in the border or as specimen container plant. As with other Agapanthus this plant is fairly care free and relatively drought tolerant. Plant in full sun to light shade and irrigate occasionally to regularly for best performance. Hardy and evergreen to 15 to 20 F and evergreen above 20F. This plant was selected by New Zealand Plantsman Ian Gear of Heritage Horticulture, Hamilton, New Zealand. According to According to Wim Snoeijer in “Agapanthus: A Revision of the Genus” (Timber Press, 2004) this plant, originally named GeaGold, was discovered by Mr Gear before 1995 and acquired New Zealand Plant Breeders Rights number HOM054 on October 5, 1995. These rights were asserted by Lyndale Intellectual Properties in New Zealand on 4/23/2008 and the plant has a U.S. Plant Patent applied for (PPAF) and is being marketed in the US by PlantHaven. We first saw this beautiful plant at the PlantHaven Pack Trial display in Carpinteria, CA in March 2009. The images we have of this plant were shot in this display.  The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery and in our own and other Santa Barbara gardens. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information or disagrees with what we have written.