Dietes vegeta Dietes vegeta
(DY-ee-tees  veg-AH-tuh)
Fortnight Lily

It is a evergreen, narrowleaf, perennial plant. Medium growth. Gets 3ft. tall and 1+ft. wide. Likes well-drained soil and sun. Hardy.

Genus of 6 species of evergreen, rhizomatous perennials from C., E., and S.E. tropical Africa, South Africa, and Lord Howe Island, Australia, occurring in open grassland, dry brushland, moist forest margins, and mountain cliffs. They have erect, linear to sword-shaped, leathery, basal leaves. Branching stems bear a succession of flat, short-lived, iris-like flowers, from spring to summer.

D. vegeta is a rhizomatous perennial with a fan of sword-shaped, dark green, basal leaves, 24in (60cm) long. White flowers, 2-2.5in (5-6cm) across, with a yellow mark at the center of each of the 2 larger tepals, are procuced from spring to summer.

USDA zones 9-10.

Sunset Western zones 8, 9, 12-24; H1, H2.

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