TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Dietes sp.
Wild Iris, Fairy Iris, African IrisFamily: Iridaceae
Origin: South Africa
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
These are evergreen perennials with spreading fans of stiff, leathery sword shaped leaves. The upright clumps of leaves are held in a vertical fanlike plane and they spread on creeping rhizomes. The flowering stalks are branched and stiffly wiry, bearing irislike flowers throughout spring and summer. Grow fortnight lilies in light, dappled shade to nearly full sun.
Species and varieties:
Dietes grandiflora
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