Light green blade-shaped leaves with slender spires of buds in Autumn. Beautiful red sprays of flowers like miniature gladiolus, providing cheerful colour at the time when other plants are dying back. Must have damp soil at all times. Excellent as a pondside plant. This plant is also suitable for the Pondside/Bog garden. Place around the edge of a pond, providing soil is damp and not waterlogged. Alternatively plant in damp areas of the garden.