Dierama 'Puck'
(Angel's Fishing Rod 'Puck')

Family - Iridaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 70cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Wedding Ring Border

Description: A Cormous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and upright leaves. The bright mid-green leaves are linear to strap-shaped and held at the base of the plant. Pendent bell-shaped flowers are a shade of bright rose-pink. The Blooms are held in dangling panicles on arching stems (hence the common name of Angel's Fishing Rod) and are produced from mid to late summer. The flowers are attractive to pollinating insects and followed by attractive seedheads in the autumn.

Dierama 'Puck' is named after a fairy in William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

Additional common name - Wandflower 'Puck'


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Flower:

Pendent, bell-shaped flowers are a shade of bright rose-pink. The blooms are held in dangling panicles on arching stems and are produced in July and August. The flowers are followed by attractive seedheads in the autumn.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers in panicles

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Mid-green leaves are linear to strap-shaped. The leaves are held at the base of the plant.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Linear to strap-shaped

Propagation:

Division, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.