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When to bring agapanthus inside

Enter a German postcode. We show when agapanthus should come inside: from the cold limit in expert sources and the night-time lows where you are.

Where are your pots?

Average for Germany

Bring in by

12 October

In 9 out of 10 years the first frost came later. On average it freezes from 27 October.

Based on past records, not a forecast · Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0)

Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst, daily minimum temperatures 1991–2020, own calculation. Licence CC BY 4.0. Postcode coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

How much cold can agapanthus take?

Bring in before the first frost. (Natur im Garten, Austria)

The Rhineland-Palatinate Garden Academy brings it in in November; it copes with light frosts.

Other sources say

  • hardiness rating H3: −5 °C (23 °F) to 1 °C (34 °F), for plants in the ground in the UK (RHS)

We use the most cautious figure from the expert sources.

Winter quarters

Bright, 2–8 °C (36–46 °F) (Rhineland-Palatinate Garden Academy)

Back outside

From March. (Rhineland-Palatinate Garden Academy)

Questions and answers

When should agapanthus come inside?

Natur im Garten, Austria: bring in before the first frost. On average for Germany it gets that cold from 27 October, and not before 12 October in 9 out of 10 years.

How much cold can agapanthus take?

Natur im Garten, Austria: bring in before the first frost. The Rhineland-Palatinate Garden Academy brings it in in November; it copes with light frosts.

How do you overwinter agapanthus?

Bright, 2–8 °C (36–46 °F) (Rhineland-Palatinate Garden Academy).

When can agapanthus go back outside?

From March.

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Sources

Show 6 sources
  1. „Natur im Garten“ (im Auftrag des Landes Niederösterreich): Überwinterungsquartier Kübelpflanzen (Infoblatt)
  2. RHS Find a plant: Agapanthus africanus (H3)
  3. Gartenakademie Rheinland-Pfalz (DLR): Richtig überwintern – Die beliebtesten Kübelpflanzen
  4. Deutscher Wetterdienst, Climate Data Center: Tageswerte (Klima) der Stationen, historisch
  5. Deutscher Wetterdienst: Vorgaben für die Gestaltung des DWD-Quellenvermerks
  6. GeoNames: Postal Code Dataset (DE.zip)

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