Agapanthus flower

On a warm Summer day, this purple flower bud, which you can see in the photo below, began to bloom in my mom’s garden. As always, I didn’t know the name of the flower, so I made a little search!

Here is what I found out

The flower is called ‘Agapanthus’ which means flower of love, from the Greek agape, meaning love, and anthos, meaning flower.

Agapanthus is also commonly known as Lily of the Nile, African Blue Lily, and African Lily. It origins from South Africa. There are now more varieties of this genus than ever before. Agapanthus flowers bloom in large, round clusters or umbels of blue, white or violet-blue.

It is built to withstand even the toughest summer conditions. It is a common garden plant, easily grown even in coastal areas – especially if the plant is well watered and it flowers in summer.

I spent a lot of time shooting the agapanthus flowers. I started capturing their progression from when they were small buds and I continued shooting them as they grew. These flowers have a slow and steady blooming progress, so it took me a few days to fully seize their evolve to their fullest.