African Iris, White
October 26, 2009 by Brian Brown
Filed under Perennials
African Iris, White
Dietes iridiodes
Height: 2′ – 4′
Spread: 2′ – 3′
Zone: 8 – 11
Salt: Moderate
Light: Full Sun / Light Shade
Deer: Usually Not
Flower: White, purple & yellow
Notes: Evergreen perennials with spreading fans of stiff, leathery sword shaped leaves up to 2 ft in length but only .75 in wide. The 2-4 ft flowering stalks are branched and stiffly wiry, bearing a succession of short-lived irislike flowers throughout spring and summer. The clumps of grass can become quite large but are able to be taken up and divided into separate plantings. Can be used in a variety of locations including filler under trees and palms, along foundations and in front of large shrubs.
