Description
Funnel-shaped, claret-purple flowers on elegant stems.
Habit – Upright
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – August – September
Height and spread – 100 x 30 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun or partial shade with free-draining rich soil in a sheltered position.
Possibile situation – An architectural plant, ideal in any herbaceous border.
Features –
Typical season – Summer
Flower Colour – purple
Foliage Colour – green
Flowering time – August – September
Planting recommendation – Bed/Border Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant care –
Family – IRIDACEAE Genus – Dierama Cultivar – Blackbird
Pot Sizes – 3Ltr+ Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)
PH Recommendation – 4.5 to 5.0 Common pests – Thrip Common disease – Botrytis
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