Dierama reynoldsii
(Angel's Fishing Rod)

Family - Iridaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - South Africa
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 2m
Width - 30cm or more
Location - The Pond Garden

Description: A Cormous, Evergreen Perennial with a tufted habit. Mid-green, linear to strap-shaped leaves are upright and held at the base of the plant. Tall, elegant arching stems hold pendent panicles of deep burgundy, bell-shaped flowers. Flowers are produced from mid to late summer. Each Bloom has an attractive silver, paper-like Bract at the base which persists long after the flowers have finished.

Additional common name - Wand Flower

Flower:

Pendent panicles of deep burgundy, bell-shaped flowers are produced in July and August. The panicles are held on tall, slender, arching stems. Each flower is subtended by a paper-like, silver bract which is retained long after the flowers have finished.

Flower colour: Red

Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers in panicles

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Mid-green basal foliage is linear to strap-shaped. The leaves are Evergreen and produced in tufts.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Linear to strap-shaped

Propagation:

Seed, division of corms.

Cultivation:

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