I've germinated two sowings of Silverhill Agapanthus campanulatus seeds: the first, in 9/99, hasn't bloomed yet and is of questionable hardiness; the second, ssp. campanulatus was in 3/03 and had been going great guns ever since. It hasn't bloomed every year, probably because of excessive division (5 pieces this year), but it takes the winters without protection, albeit not far from the sheltered south side of the house. It has set seed and I'm supposed to have a seedling somewhere but I blush to report I seem to have lost track of it. There is nothing special about the soil; it is somewhat acidic. Jim Jones Lexington, MA