Peter Dowdall: The flower that is a winter garden must-have

Whether you call it schizostylis, hesperantha or the kaffir lily, this is a flower to add a pop of colour to the garden

This hesperantha 'Sunrise' previously referred to as Schizostylis, is a beautiful pink-flowering form of kaffir lily. Picture: iStock

Which do you prefer, schizostylis or hesperantha? Well, no need to decide as they’re the same plant.

For years, what we may know as the kaffir lily was botanically named Schizostylis coccinea but for the last number of years, botanists and taxonomists have been all of a flutter and it is now correctly named Hesperantha.