Family IRIDACEAE
Genus Dietes
Species grandiflora
SA Plant Number
Basionym Dietes grandiflora

Dietes grandiflora is a very hardy, evergreen, clump-forming plant with sword-shaped leaves arranged in a fan and arising from a rhizome.

It bears beautiful Iris-like white flowers with mauve and yellow markings in spring and summer. Flowers best in sun but also makes a good filler in light shade under trees. Flowers in response to rain.

Do not cut back the flowering stems until they are finished flowering as the flowers are borne in succession along the stem. Use as a different form and texture in a mixed flower bed or very useful mass planted in large landscapes.

Tolerates seasonal inundation of water.

Size 1m

KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape

  Natural Habitat: On forest margins, in thicket, near streams  

Growth Rate: Fast Growing, Evergreen or Deciduous: Evergreen, Hardiness - Frost: Frost Hardy, Plant Type: Bulbs and Rhizomes, Plant Type: Groundcovers and Perennials, Position: Semi-shade, Position: Shade - Light, Position: Sun - Full, Position: Under deciduous trees, Soil: Loamy - Compost rich Soil, Soil: Sandy Soil, Soil: Well-drained, Garden Uses: Container Plant, Garden Uses: Damp areas, Garden Uses: Long Flowering, Garden Uses: Rockeries and retaining walls, Garden Uses: Shade, Garden Uses: Small Gardens, Garden Uses: Soil Stabilising, Hardiness - Drought: Drought Hardy, Flower colour: White - Cream, Garden type: Cottage Garden, Garden type: Forest Garden, Garden type: Rainwater Harvesting Garden, Garden type: River-side and Stream-side Gardens, Garden type: Wetland and Marsh Gardens,

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