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Butterfly Iris is Beautiful Cover

By Published On: May 13th, 20200.6 min readCategories: Photos

The Butterfly iris (Dietes grandiflora) is native to southern Africa, which has a climate quite similar to our own here in San Diego, so they’re well-adapted to the dry climate and will thrive with only the smallest amount of water.

Beyond having really pretty flowers, they adapt well to sun or partial shade and have a compact (but tough) root structure can handle digging and re-planting with no ill effects. This make them a nice cover for areas that you know you’re going to have to dig up now and again.

This particular patch of butterfly iris has a dirty job to do. It provides cover for our drain cleanouts and septic tank lid. I think it’s doing it admirably.

Butterfly Iris bloom
Butterfly Iris
Butterfly Iris
Butterfly Iris colony

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I’m just a guy with nearly an acre of dirt, a nice little mid-century ranch house and a near-perfect climate. But in my mind I’m a landscaper survivalist craftsman chef naturalist with a barbeque the size of a VW and my own cable TV show. I like to write about the stuff I build, grow and see here at Sage's Acre.
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