Plants We Love: Fairy Fishing Rod

This grasslike perennial blooms in summer with dramatic flowers that inspire the common name fairy’s fishing rod.

Published Dec 29, 2008 12:12 AM PST

Plant name: Fairy’s fishing rod, fairy wand, wandflower

Botanical name:Dierama pucherrimum

Virtues: Delicate but dramatic flowers.

Foliage: Thin upright grassy leaves to 24 inches long.

Flower: Blooms in early to midsummer with large pink bell-shaped flowers on tall arching stems.

Habit: Grasslike mound growing from a bulbous base.

Season: Summer.

Origin: South Africa.

Cultivation: Requires moist soil and excellent drainage. USDA Zones 4–8.