Discovering dieramas
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Dieramas grow wild in the 'Garden Route' region of S Africa's Cape Province but deserve consideration in gardens worldwide for their beauty and hardy qualities. Authorities dispute the number of species, some citing as many as 44; three named cultivars derive from hybrids of D pumilum and D cherrimum. They are members of the iris family, Iridaceae, and most can grow to three feet tall. They can thrive into the border between zones 7 and 8, and appear to float in the garden due to their slender stems and bright flowers.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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Scintillating scadoxus
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The Scadoxus genus is little-known and poorly understood but it makes a striking addition to any garden or house. Because its many intense red stamens tipped with golden pollen appear bundled close together atop a stem, it is also called shaving brush, paintbrush, blood lily, snake lily, and torch lily. Three species are native to S Africa, and some seven others to tropical africa. s multiflorus subsp katherinae is especially appropriate as a houseplant or greenhouse plant because it is evergreen.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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