Dierama igneum
Fiery Venus fishing rod
- Height × spread
- 0.6m × 0.6m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A fairly compact plant with small showy 'fishing rod' flowers. The plant itself makes a stand of fairly slender leaves that may stand upright, or can collapse. The flowering stems are long and slender. They appear from curious buds encased in very long slim bracts that look like some attenuated papery insect. The flowers are in shades of pink and red or even white. They appear in small clusters and make pendulous cones that move and shift in the air, delightful. This is June-flowering, and, coming from South Africa, is not hardy. Lift or protect with a deep mulch in winter. This is often placed by water but it is not a bog plant.
- Flower colour
- Green, Pink, Red, White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Weeping
- Height
- 0.6m
- Spread
- 0.6m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Exotic garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
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