This important group of plants occupies a relatively small
section of the Garden but, because it is the first collection
you see, and contains many striking, colourful species,
it does tend to have enormous impact on the visitor entering
the Garden. Agapanthus praecox with its beautiful
blue flowers is popular in horticulture.
There are large beds of "liliaceous" plants and
many members of the Amaryllidaceae. Palms, strelitzias and
wild bananas are conspicuous larger plants in this section
of the Garden.
Sunbirds feed on the nectar that overflows
the large, boat-shaped spathe of Strelitzia nicolai.
