Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape
Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape
Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape
Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape
Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape
Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape

Dietes vegeta

African 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 Iris is an evergreen perennial with long dark green sword-like foliage fans upwards. The branched stalks that hold the flowers grow rise above the foliage an sports white flowers with a yellow and purple layered center that blooms in waves from late spring until frost.  Prefers partial sun and rich, moist well-drained soils.  

Syn. with Dietes iridioides.

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Eastern Africa

Height: 

2' - 4'

Spread: 

2’ - 3'

Spacing: 

2.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

8 - 11

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

White+Yellow+Purple

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: SeanMack, Dietes iridioides SMC 2007, CC BY 3.0, (2) Consultaplantas, Dietes iridioides 1c, CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Dietes vegeta ~ African Iris-ServeScape

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