Although called sometimes called Lily of the Nile or African Lily, Agapanthas isn’t actually in the lily family at all. Native to South Africa, it is now naturalized in much of the hilly regions of Asia and Central America, commonly growing in the high ranges of Kerala above 1000 meters.

The periwinkle blue flowers are star-shaped (although there are white cultivars) and the long strong stem lends this flower to especially elegant arrangements.