Sunday, August 7, 2011

Looks Like about 8lb. Test

Angel's Fishing Rod, Fairy Wand, Wand Flower, or dierama pulcherrimum.



Photo from: Seaside Plants

Anyway you call it this is a lovely, ethereal flower that nods in the slightest breeze on the slenderest of stems. England and its Gardens participants from New Jersey to British Columbia, but no farther South than about zone 6a (except for one lucky Texan in the group) were entranced by this zone 8a to 10b beauty found in several of the gardens on our tour.

If you know someone down South you should ask them to plant dierama and then plan your trip to their locale when it is in bloom. Angel's Fishing Rod would be a wonderful addition to the garden. Yet again zone envy rears its ugly head. Sigh.

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