Mazhar Botanic Garden

Dietes grandiflora N.E.Br.

Fairy iris African iris

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000976
Common name: Fairy iris, African iris
English name: Large wild iris
Native: South Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen perennial plant grow 15 m, forming large clumps leaves sword-shaped, rigid, 1 m long flowers  attractive, erect slender, stems about 1 m in length, are large (about 100 mm across) and are white with yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals and violet central segments fruit capsule up to 45 mm

landscape. ornamental. 

Texture: Clay Enriched soil Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds - division
Flowering time: Spring -summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5

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