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Dietes iridioides |
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| Common name |
African iris |
| Family |
iridaceae |
| Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z8b-10)  |
| Flowers |
white with pale violet and yellow markings (spring-summer) |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Evergreen iris relative featuring upright fans of narrow leaf blades and intricate white/soft violet flowers from late spring through late summer. Native to east Africa, they its seemed like they might need mulch protection to survive the occasional harder freeze that Houston's climate throws at us. But even though I never went to great lengths to protect our plant, it has come through three winters, including the rather harsh winter of 2018. On the other hand, our specimen was extremely reluctant to bloom. It finally decided to do so after nearly three years in the garden, with a succession of blooms over a few weeks – different from most of our irises, which flower all at once and are done.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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