Dietes iridioides — Iris Sud africain sauvage

Especially in shaded position in coastal regions, it can naturalise rapidly by seeding around freely. Apart from being an ideal container plant it can also make an interesting border subject. Flowering occurs irregularly throughout the year depending on the climatic conditions. An interesting point with D. iridioides, is that the flowers tend to trail, which makes them great for planting on the top of banks as the flowers will hang well below the mother plant. After the flowering is over, sometimes plantlets are formed on the end of the flowerstalk and thus the plant spreads outwards.