angels fishing rods

I've no idea what angel's fishing rods are - do you know any other names for it? Perhaps someone else knows what it is.

Dierama of various species and hybrids etc. They should be grown on in deep pots until a reasonable size then planted in the garden. They are not that good in pots I find. They like a soil which gets plenty of summer moisture but which is dryer in winter. They like sun.

Dierama pulcherrimum
think thats how you spell it

prefers full sun part shade
most soils but prefers moist well drained

apparently very good for wildlife birds and insects and usually found near ponds and river banks
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thats if i got the right one

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thankyou all for your swift reply that is very helpful i shall follow your advice and hope they will flower next summer, they can go around the mini pond i am making at the moment im sure they will look lovely there :o)

Dieramas can often take a few years to settle down and start flowering. They grow from a corm and are quite fussy that it is the right depth before flowering commences. You may get the depth right first time but if not, just leave them alone and eventually they will be happy and get on with flowering

and having found out what it is, they hate root disturbance - the book says they like sunny, sheltered situations, but need to be kept well watered in the summer, so make sure where you plant out is where you want them to stay.

Oh, I love these plants!! But, Andrew is quite right - you'd be lucky to get flowers next summer. Mine took 6 years from sowing to flowering, but it was well worth the wait! I wrote a blog on it:-

www.growsonyou.com/Sid/blog/1087-at-last-dierama-flowers