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POPPIN’ PURPLE: A NEW

AGAPANTHUS FROM DE WET

PLANT BREEDERS

The world’s first evergreen, cold hardy, re-blooming
Agapanthus has been bred locally by Andy de Wet and
Quinton Bean of De Wet Plant Breeders. Poppin’ Purple®
var ‘MP003’ Agapanthus recently won Best New Perennial
at the world’s leading trade fair for horticulture, IPM ESSEN
2020.

gapanthus is a popular South African New Plant of the Year at the 2019 RHS
plant, an indigenous botanical Chelsea Flower Show and Best in Show at
Agem with clusters of blue or white, the HTA National Plant Show UK 2019.
and now with Poppin’ Purple flowers. De
Wet and Bean are widely regarded as the The flowers of Poppin’ Purple are a striking
best ornamental plant breeders in South shade of purple and plentiful in quantity,
Africa and have ensured that the country making this a stunning and sustainable
blossomed on the global stage with this feature in any landscape, terrace or
accolade, beating a total of 60 submissions balcony. Poppin’ Purple is faster growing
from amongst the best plant breeding than other varieties: the mature height
nurseries world-wide. is approximately 60cm high x 45cm wide
and re-blooms throughout the year. It is
CND Nursery, the Aloe Farm and De Wet water-wise and durable. LSA
Plant Breeders are well-known for their
new hybrid plants, including other award- Story by Je’mae Mountjoy. Quinton Bean (left) and Andy de Wet,
winning Agapanthus such as Fireworks with the new Poppin’ Purple Agapanthus
and Twister. The former was recently Contact Mark Richardson from De Wet Plant Breeders
awarded a place in four major international 082 956 5313
competitions, including third place for

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