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Products > Dietes grandiflora 'Sunstripe'
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| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Iridaceae (Irises) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Yellow/Chartreuse Foliage: Yes |
| Variegated Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: White |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Synonyms: [D. vegeta 'Yellow Variegated', 'Centeno’s Gold'] |
| Height: 2-3 feet |
| Width: 3-4 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F |
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Dietes grandiflora 'Sunstripe' (Yellow Striped Fortnight Lily) - This variegated form has leaves that are a medium green with bright yellow stripes throughout the leaves (not just on the margin as with the white variegated clone) . Other growth habits are the same as the species. This evergreen perennial produces clumps of long, upright narrow leaves that reach 4 feet tall. The flowers rise above the foliage and have outer white petals with a golden area near the base and the inner petals are white flecked with brown at the base. The inner most petal like structures, called style branches are violet colored. Flowers year round in coastal southern California gardens with individual flower lasting only one day, but are quickly followed by new flowers. Flushes of flowers appear on roughly a two week cycle which has given this plant its common name of fortnight lily. The fortnight lily is very drought tolerant in shade but can also be grown in full sun with regular to occasional irrigation. Seems to bloom best with regular watering. A good container plant or use in mass plantings or as a solitary accent clump. Hardy to 15 degrees F. This is really a stunning plant - looking more like a big Dianella or a narrow leafed New Zealand Flax (Phormium) than a Dietes. Our ever astute outside salesman Matthew Roberts spotted this plant circulating at a couple southern California nurseries in 2007 and was told the source was Ricardo's Nursery of Long Beach but have since learned that this may be the same as a plant discovered by Jose Centeno of Centeno’s nursery in Torrance, who found a yellow variegated Dietes growing in his own garden in 2000 as was calling the plant 'Centeno’s Gold'. We were able to purchase our stock plants from Diana Mead of West Covina Wholesale Nursery in January 2008, who told us she got it from a backyard grower. The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery and in our own and other Santa Barbara gardens. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information or disagrees with what we have written.
The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery, in our own garden and in other gardens in the Santa Barbara area. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information about this plant, even if they disagree with what we have written.
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