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Dietes bicolor, the African iris, butterfly flag, fortnight lily, or peacock flower, [1] is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like evergreen pale green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump.
Dietes bicolor has cream or yellow flowers. D. grandiflora and D. iridioides both have white flowers marked with yellow and violet, and appear similar in photographs, but they are quite different: those of grandiflora are much larger, last three days, and have dark spots at the base of the outer tepals, while those of iridioides are small, last ...
Dietes grandiflora, commonly named fortnight lily, large wild iris, African iris [1] or fairy iris, is a rhizomatous perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa , where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial ...
Forcing is the horticultural practice of bringing a cultivated plant into active growth outside of its natural growing season. Plants do not produce new growth or flowers (and hence fruit) during the winter, and many species only produce flowers or fruit for a very limited period.
Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse, 1993 Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum Sorghum × drummondii ( Sudan grass ), is a hybrid-derived species of grass raised for forage and grain , native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa .
Dietes iridioides, commonly named African iris, fortnight lily, and morea iris, is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae that is native to Southern Africa. Description [ edit ]
Upside-down gardening is a kitchen garden technique where the vegetable garden uses suspended soil and seedlings to stop pests and blight, [1] and eliminate the typical gardening tasks of tilling, weeding, and staking plants. [2] The vegetable growing yield is only marginally affected. Kathi (Lael) Morris was the first known to grow tomatoes ...
This is the largest plant in the genus Dietes. It does not tolerate cold temperatures. [4] It is an uncommon plant, though it may be locally abundant in certain sites. Growing up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall, the leaves are sword-shaped or linear, 4 to 7 cm wide. Flowering occurs from September to December.