species
Dierama pulcherrimum
Angel's fishing rod
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Dierama pulcherrimum is a perennial in the family Iridaceae, also known as Angel's fishing rod, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam or sand soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to August and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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