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Dierama Blackbird

Common name: Angel's Fishing Rod

Angling for attention with deep, dark coloured fairy-bell flowers

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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7cm Pots
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The arching, wiry 'rod like' stems of Dierama pulcherrimum 'Blackbird' rise through tufts of grassy, evergreen foliage for a graceful and magnificent display. Every summer, the strong, yet delicate looking stems rise and hold deep red-purple, bell-shaped flowers. The pendulous habit of these flowers is said to resemble silvery fishes on an angler's rod (hence the common name Angel's Fishing Rods). Flowers have an animated, nodding habit which, even on the calmest of days, provides continual, swishing movement. Native to South Africa, Dierama look amazing when grown amongst grasses where they form clumps, from which the flower stems rise. The blooms are great cut for a vase and are also much loved by bees and butterflies. Dierama pulcherrimum 'Blackbird' prefers to be grown in moist, well-drained soil in sun, reaching a height of 1.2m with a spread of up to 60cm. A hardy, cormous, herbaceous perennials, which thrives outside all year round in the UK with no winter protection required other than to ensure the corms do not get too wet and rot in the ground.
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Key Information
Latin Name Dierama pulcherrimum 'Blackbird' i
Common Name Angel's Fishing Rod
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Purple
Type Perennial
Format 7cm Pots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Evergreen
Height in Maturity (m) 1.20 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.60
Soil Conditions Chalk Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect South-facing, West-facing
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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