Dierama pendulum
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Native to South Africa and first described in 1772 by Carl Peter Thunberg, Dierama pendulum grows in damp grassland. From an underground corm arise narrow, blade-like leaves and slender, arching stems reaching nearly 2 m tall. At their tips, loose sprays of bell-shaped flowers - pink, purple or white, with six slightly reflexed tepals - hang down like fishing lines, blooming from late spring to early summer. This Iridaceae, nicknamed 'angel's fishing rod', needs full sun and soil that is moist yet well drained.
- Family :Iridaceae
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
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Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)