White African Iris Shrub

Add Exotic Beauty and Easy-Care Blooms to Your Landscape with the White African Iris Shrub

White African Iris Offers Tropical Flair with Low-Maintenance Appeal

Bring bold texture and graceful, butterfly-like blooms to your garden with the White African Iris. This evergreen perennial thrives in sun or shade, reblooms effortlessly in warm climates, and stands strong against drought, heat, and poor soil. Dietes iridioides can grow up to 2-3 feet tall and 1-2 feet wide in full sun to partial shade.  Prefers warmer climates across the United States in the Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8-11. 

African white Iris plants are at home in any garden, offering aesthetic value and dramatic flair with their beautiful white flowers with yellow accents. These versatile plants are often called butterfly iris or a Fortnight Lily because they bloom in bursts with a two-week cycle of downtime. You may see flowers bloom in early spring or fall.

The flowering stems of the African Iris are evergreen perennials that are fan-shaped.. It is similar to the tall bearded irises and of the same origin from South Africa. Some would even consider African Irises to be ornamental grass.

There are many iris flower colors of African iris dietes but the bicolor white and yellow with purple-blue markings is a good pair together to bring sunshiney vibes. It is the best white iris variety for gifts for gardeners as it is easy to grow and we have high-quality plants!

African irises are a great statement piece in your garden beds and also make excellent cut flowers. You can plant the White African Iris virtually anywhere: water gardens, foundation planting, as accent plants, or in containers.

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Perfect Plants has been family-run since 1980, growing premium-quality plants under the Florida sun. Our expert growers nurture each White African Iris for strength and beauty before they're shipped straight from our farm to your door, ready to bloom and thrive.

How to Care for White African Iris

Taking care of White African Iris is easy and there are few things you can do. Reduce watering and fertilizing after flowering. The exotic white blooms do not like standing water or wet soil as this causes root rot. 

The African Iris can grow in a wide range of soil types. Irises can handle poor, dry soils, moist soils, but will do best in well-drained soil with regular watering during the growing season. Once established, it is drought tolerant. Stands up to heat, drought, and neglect… What more could you ask for? Our White African Iris thrives in Florida's landscape, with heat in a partial shade bed.

How to Plant White African Iris 

The best time to plant irises is in the spring but you can also do an early fall planting if desired. The plant will come as a potted iris bulb with rooted rhizomes. The African Iris should be planted in well-drained, organic-rich soil. Space them 2-3 ft apart to allow proper airflow between plants.

African Iris need full sun to partial shade, where they will receive at least 6-8 hours of unfiltered sunlight. The African Iris should receive regular water until established and although they are drought tolerant once established, they should be watered weekly for best growth and flower production. 

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