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Re: Dierama (Fairy Wand) Seed Source?

Hi Carol
I have had much luck with the pink Dieramas.  Not so much luck with the
magenta and white.  I have several white ones hanging on and even blooming
this year.  If they make seed you can have some--check with me again in a
month or two.
Judy Houck, Berkeley and Quincy, California

At 09:10 AM 5/5/97 -0700, The Bay Area Gardener wrote:
>Anyone know a seed source (or mail order plant source) for Dierama, the
>Iridaceae family member from South Africa. It goes by common names such as
>Fairy Wand, Hair Bell (Hare Bell), Japanese fishing rod, and so on.  These
>are  plants with arching stems that can form a clump up to 3-4 ft wide by 4
>- 7 ft tall. The flowers are pendulous, hanging from tall, thin stems that
>appear another foot or so above the stems  -- hence the common names.
>
>The ones most commonly available plants in the trade seem to be the bright
>magenta pink. I'm looking for a white form, of either D. pendulum or D.
>pulcherrimum.  I also note that there are many other species in South
>Africa, some with mauve coloring, some with yellow to white. Anyone grown
>any of these from seed? and how do they fare?
>
>Thanks, Carol Moholt
>
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