Today the garden is a profusion of the 'Angel's fishing rods; Dierama pulcherrimum'. The charm of this delicate plant lies the the suggestion of an ethreal world almost beyond our touch! It reminds me of a game played in the garden with my grandparents when we were children. Each of us had a fishing rod with a magnetic fly which we would use to catch coloured fish, by their magnetic noses, from the pond. This delicate plant is one of our much anticipated summer highlights. Dainty pink flowers dangle from slender,arching spikes above grassy leaves. The perfect spot for this enchanting plant is warm shelter. Our brave little' fairies wands' are perched high on the hillside in amongst our coastal planting. The result is spectacular as they shimmer above the rose 'Sweet haze'. This single flower rose is more bee-friendly than most thanks to her clusters of single, lilac-pink flowers which repeat condidently until the harvest. We introduced her in 2008 & her presence adds charm and frivolity to the planting at the juncture where we merge the wild coastline to a 1950's candy-floss seafront!
