I have dedicated far too much of my life to hating this ugly plant. It’s time to rip them out | Emily Mulligan

Agapanthus are daggy, environmental pests. Can we stop and think before these unsightly shrubs take over?

On my birthday I made time for my one true passion. Hating agapanthus.

I was walking my kids to school, taking time from their precious blink-and-you'll-miss-it childhoods to seethe and take a picture of the revolting, saggy mess of agapanthus on the way. I have urgently supplied this picture to the Guardian and I'm ready and willing to speak out further.

Emily Mulligan is a writer from Sydney