I've had Dianella growing in clay pots in my fern garden for several years. The blade foliage is graceful and distinctive, a good contra...Read Morest for begonias and ferns, and is good enough reason to grow this plant. It never looks crummy!
The blooms are small, difficult to see from a distance, but the metallic blue berries are amazing. My plants are thriving in Southern California desert heat (with regular water), and just now offsets are forming in the pots. I've seen this plant in other gardens, where it forms a cluster, but is in no way invasive. A real winner for zone 9-10.
I have NOT grown the plant myself. This past Saturday (July 8, 2006), I visited the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross, CA. While there,...Read More I noticed a plant with remarkable bright blue berries. I came to Dave's and described what I'd seen, and was steered to dianella as a possible identification. Dianella caerulea is definitely what I saw.
Ross is in the "warm" part of Marin County. The plant was growing in dappled shade (close to hellebore and other shade-tolerant plants). It was a single plant, had flowers still blooming (but fading) and the amazing cobalt blue fruit/berries. The plant was approx. the same size as one of my 3-5 year old hemerocallis. Substantial, but not huge. What I read on the Web implies that the plant can be invasive (e.g., in Florida). But the word is it reproduces only by seed or by division. The invasion might result from birds eating and distributing seeds. Nevertheless, I would LOVE to have a dianella in my garden.
I've had Dianella growing in clay pots in my fern garden for several years. The blade foliage is graceful and distinctive, a good contra...Read More
I have NOT grown the plant myself. This past Saturday (July 8, 2006), I visited the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross, CA. While there,...Read More