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Fortnight Lily (Dietes spp)
DietesAfrican Iris
Dietes spp
Fortnight Lily
DietesAfrican Iris
These are evergreen perennials with spreading fans of stiff, leathery sword shaped leaves up to 2 ft in length but only 0.75 in wide. The upright clumps of leaves are held in a vertical fanlike plane and they spread on creeping rhizomes which sometimes ascend a few inches. The flowers, are somewhat flattened and nearly 3 in across, are milky white with yellow markings on the three larger tepals.
There are six species of fortnight lilies (Dietes), five from tropical Africa and one from Lord Howe Island, Australia. They were previously classified in the genus Moraea, but members of that genus are not rhizomatous.
ColorErosion Control
Moraea
Africa
2 - 4 FT
0 - 0
Y
Dark Green
Sword-like
Bulb
Purple : White & Yellow
Easy
Filtered Light : Partial Shade : Light Shade
Any : Well-drained
Medium
Sunset Zones
USDA Zones
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