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Re: Dierama (Fairy Wand) Seed Source?

Hi Carol et al,

I have to put in a plug for one of my favorite nurseries
around here ("here" being between Palo Alto and San Jose,
CA): Garden Supply in Los Altos (and Redwood City, but I
haven't been there). I was there today and noticed Dierama
plants with pale pink flowers--sorry, I didn't notice if
they were a named variety. Might have been D. robusta, if
there is such a thing.

Los Altos Garden Supply is on El Camino just south of
San Antonio Rd., behind a Marie Callendar's restaurant.

Cheryl

>> From: The Bay Area Gardener <moholt@gardens.com>
>> To: Medit-Plants@ucdavis.edu
>> Subject: Dierama (Fairy Wand) Seed Source?
>> Date: Monday, May 5, 1997 9:10 AM
>>
>> 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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Cheryl and Wayne Renshaw
Santa Clara, California
renshaw@best.com
http://www.best.com/~renshaw/
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