Dierama

Wandflowers, angels fishing rods, are appropriately names as there is arguably nothing more utterly beguiling than dieramas in full flower. Slender, arching stems, with bell-shaped flowers, dangling and moving in a gentle breeze. Most colours are mauve, lilac and pink, but also, includes, white, yellow to red, flowering during summer. They need an open position, on a free-draining soil, but good amounts of water during the growing season. The evergreen leaves will last for many years, so clumps can start looking a little untidy. In their native Southern Africa, this would be remedied by occasional burning!