Dietes Bicolor – 10 Seeds
(Yellow Wild Iris)
R30.00
The flowers of Yellow Wild Iris are about 60 mm in diameter, flat, light yellow with brown markings.
Common names: yellow wild iris, peacock flower (Eng.); uintjie, poublom (Afr.).
Indoor Sowing: Autumn.
Direct Sowing: Autumn.
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🌼 Flower Quick Facts
Flower Info
- 🌍 Origin / Region: South Africa
- 🌸 Flower Color: Bicolor, Brown, Pale yellow
- 🦋 Pollinator Method: Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hoverflies
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Perennial
- 🌾 Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Clumping, Rhizomatous, Upright
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- 💧 Water Needs: Low Water, Water Deeply
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Cold Tolerant, Drought Tolerant, Frost Tolerant, Heat Tolerant
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Tolerant of most soils, Well-Drained
Yellow Wild Iris (Dietes bicolor) forms clumps of erect sword-shaped leaves. The adult plant is approximately 1m wide and 1m tall. The flowers are about 60 mm in diameter, flat, light yellow with brown markings and are produced on the ends of much-branched flower stalks.
Common names: yellow wild iris, peacock flower (Eng.); uintjie, poublom (Afr.)
Growing Dietes Bicolor
Indoor Sowing: Autumn.
Direct Sowing: Autumn.
- It is easy to grow, requiring well-drained soils and sunny or semi-shade conditions.
- Sow the seed in Autumn and germination will then take place in Spring.
- Scarify the seed and then soak seed overnight in water.
- Sow on the surface and cover lightly. Do not bury too deeply as seed requires a degree of light to germinate.
- Water with fine mist spray to avoid disturbance of the seed.
- Place in a warm shaded or semi shaded position to avoid dying out.
- Keep warm & moist, but not wet.
- Optimum germination temperature is 20°C
- During the spring, a good fertilizer will go a long way in aiding the growth and success of these plants.
- Clumps can be divided manually for easy propagation too. They should be divided before flowering, in the early spring.
- Plants grown from Seeds will take a few years to flower for the first time.
- The plants are both frost and drought hardy and will grow in either sun or shade. However, for best results and most flowers, plant in full sun or light shade in well composted, well drained soil.
- Water the plant well in summer.
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