The birth of an agapanthus...

It's clearly hard work -  it takes days for the flower to fully emerge.

But they are beautiful.  This specimen is a "newbie" in Mom's garden. 

For years, the  agapanthus residence was the front garden, but now there is a clump in the backyard. For the record, this means at least one seed, flitted 100 plus meters, past the house, to germinate in rock hard ground.  Isn't nature amazing.