Detail
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Dietes grandiflora
Wild Iris
Notes

Uses: Hardy plant often used in mass plantings. Can also make a distinctive feature. Flowers are only short lived but plants produce impressive displays during it's peak period. The flowers attract lots of bees and other pollinators.

  • Height 0.8-1m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Iridaceae
  • Botanical Name Dietes grandiflora
  • Common Name Wild Iris
  • Origin South Africa
  • Habit Clumping, Spreading
  • Landscape Coastal cliffs, Coastal dunes, Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Star
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Strap-leaved