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This well known indigenous large wild iris is commonly grown in gardens and used in large landscapes throughout the country. It is a perennial, evergreen plant which grows up to 1.5m in large clumps. It grows naturally along the eastern coastal areas of the southern Cape, Eastern Cape and southern Kwazulu-Natal where it may be found in full sun or partial shade at forest margins, or in the shelter of taller shrubs on exposed slopes facing the sea. (From www.plantzafrica.com)
Native to Eastern and Southern Africa, Dietes grandiflora (Fairy Iris) is a rhizomatous evergreen perennial with large, iris-like flowers, 4 in. across (10 cm), borne on erect, slender stalks atop clumps of long, upright, stiff, sword-like green leaves. Each waxy white flower consists of 3 outer petals adorned with a stripe of rich yellow near their base, and 3 inner segments flecked with brown at their heart.
Fairy Iris, Fortnight Lily, African Iris, and wild Iris are some of the names for this lovely, grass-like, Perennial.
Dietes Bicolour - African iris, Butterfly flag, Fortnight lily, Peacock flower, Spanish Iris - Dietes Bicolour is a South African iris. Clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like evergreen pale green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump. It is commonly cultivated in its native South Africa, where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial premises and along roadsides. It is also cultivated in mild temperate zones elsewhere. The blooms, appearing in spring and summer, are pale yellow with three dark purple spots, which may be so dark as to appear black. Each is surrounded by an orange outline.
Discover the beauty and versatility of Butterfly Grass Dietes. Perfect for modern landscapes, this plant thrives in difficult sites and produces stunning butterfly-like flowers.
Semelhante à Íris, a moréia ganha em rusticidade. A folhagem apresenta 40 a 50 cm de altura, com folhas dispostas em leque, coriáceas e de coloração verde-escura. As flores são dispostas de...
Best viewed @ large size Iridaceae - South Africa Fortnight Lily (U.S.) - for additional regional common names, see below "Dietes is a genus of rhizomatous plants of the family Iridaceae. Common names include Fortnight lily, African iris, Morea or Moraea iris, Japanese iris and Butterfly iris, each of which may be used differently in different regions for one or more of the four species within the genus. "Most species are native to southern Africa, with one ( Dietes robinsoniana) native to Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia "Dietes grandiflora (Large wild iris, Fairy Iris) is a rhozomatous perennial plant with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves belonging to the Iridaceae family. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa, where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial premises and along roadsides. "The blooms are white marked with yellow and violet. Dark markings are found at the base of the outer tepals. These are borne in abundance during summer, especially after rain. Flowers are followed by 5 cm long green capsules that contain very dark brown seeds, these are displersed when the capsule splits open." (Wikipedia) Photographed in my garden in San Francisco, California
Dietes grandiflora (wild iris) is a grassy plant, ideal for landscaping, weed suppressing and erosion control. It is a hardy plant, ideal around waterways. Charming white iris-like flowers with lilac centres, on tall stems. It is a larger plant than the similar-looking iridiodes, with longer-lasting larger flowers. It grows 1m-1.2m high and 1.5m wide.
Dietes iridioides (butterfly iris) has lovely white six-petaled flowers in abundance, and grassy foliage, like an iris. It is low maintenance and ideal for landscaping, erosion control and weed suppressing. Smaller than the similar grandiflora, with smaller all-white flowers. It grows to 1m high and 60cm wide.
Dietes grandiflora growing instruction & requirement Dietes grandiflora info: climate, zone, growth speed, water, light, planting season & colors
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Dietes
The Dietes genus contains six species of rhizomatous iris plants of the family Iridaceae. First described as a genus in 1866, several common names are used globally in different regions.
Butterfly Grass Dietes Plant Wild Iris Butterfly Grass, Dietes ...
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Wild Iris, Dietes grandiflora Dietes differs from iris in having flowers with six free tepals that are not joined into a tube at their bases...
Dietes 'Jack Catlin', Jack Catlin's Fortnight Lily, Perennial, [D. 'Jimmy Giridlian'], San Marcos Growers
