Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris - Delivered By ServeScape
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Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris-ServeScape
Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris - Delivered By ServeScape
Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris-ServeScape
Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris-ServeScape
Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris-ServeScape
Dietes grandiflora ~ African Butterfly Iris-ServeScape

Dietes grandiflora

African Butterfly Iris

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**Dormancy Note - This plant may be currently dormant for the fall/winter! It is still available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

African Butterfly Iris is an evergreen perennial with a clumping habit.  The long dark green sword-like foliage fans upwards and sturdy stalks that hold the flower heads grow from the center of the plant. African Butterfly Iris sports large white flowers with a yellow and purple layered center that last a day and quickly replaced from spring to fall.  Prefers partial sun and rich, moist well-drained soils.  

Type: 

Perennial

Height: 

1' - 2'

Spread: 

2’ - 3'

Spacing: 

2’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

8 - 11

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

White

Season of Interest:  

Spring, Summer, Fall, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Water regularly, then occasionally once established.  Layer mulch if an extended freeze is expected.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Groundcover, Pond edges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Fothergilla, Itea, Coneflower

IMAGES: Photo by John Rusk, N20141024-0001—Dietes grandiflora, (2) Magnus Manske, Dietes grandiflora (Iridaceae) flower HDR, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Gunera, Dietes grandiflora, (4) cultivar413, 180512 075 Mission Hills Garden Walk, (5) Krzysztof Golik, Dietes grandiflora 01, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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