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| Category: Bulb/Tuber/Rhizome etc. |
| Family: Iridaceae (Irises) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: White |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Synonyms: [Dierama pendulum robustum 'Album'] |
| Height: 2-6 feet |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F |
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Dierama pendulum 'Album' (White Fairy Wand) - An evergreen perennial that grows to 4 to 5 feet tall from large (1-2 inch wide) corms that have fibrous tunics. Old clumps can be several feet wide with upright 2 to 3 foot long narrow green lanceolate leaves. In late winter through spring into summer it produces 4 to 5 foot tall inflorescences that arch over at their tips under the weight of 1 to 2 inch long pendulous bell shaped white flowers. Plant in full sun and irrigate regularly to occasionally spring and early summer. It is hardy to 15 to 20° F. The native range of this species is in the southern and eastern cape from Knysa in the Western Cape province to Suurberg (Zuurberg) and Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province, where it is found in grassy, marshy or rock strewn areas. It closely resembles the more common Dierama pulcherrimum but Dierama pendulum has bell shaped flowers with a rounded base while Dierama pulcherrimum has flowers with less spreading petals. The name for the genus name comes from the Greek word 'dierama' that means "funnel" and alludes to shape of the flower. The specific epithet is descriptive of its pendulous flowers. We first received corms and seed of this plant from John Bleck, past curator of the greenhouses at the University of California, Santa Barbara and he had received the seed for their plants from Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa. We first offered this plant in 1994.
Information displayed on this page about Dierama pendulum 'Album' is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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