Plant in full sun to light shade and irrigate occasionally to regularly for best performance. As with other Agapanthus, 'Gold Strike' is fairly carefree and relatively drought tolerant. Hardy and evergreen to 15 to 20 F and evergreen above 20F. 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 a specimen container plant.

Agapanthus 'Gold Strike' This plant was selected by New Zealand Plantsman Ian Gear of Heritage Horticulture, Hamilton, New Zealand. According to Wim Snoeijer in “Agapanthus: A Revision of the Genus” (Timber Press, 2004) this plant, was originally named GeaGold. It was discovered by Mr Gear in 1990 in a group of Agapanthus inapertus hybrids 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 received U.S. Plant Patent PP20,650 in January 2010. It was originally marketed in the US by Plant Haven but we are now licensed by Kiwi Flora to propagate and grow this very nice cultivar. We first saw this beautiful plant at the PlantHaven Pack Trial display in Carpinteria, CA in March 2009 and the images we have of this plant on this page were shot in this display. 

This information about Agapanthus 'Gold Strike' PP20,650 displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.