Diplarrena moraea
Butterfly Flag
Diplarrena are rhizomatous, evergreen, clump-forming perennials in the iris family. The leaves are stiff linear to sword-shaped, up to 30cm,long, and the flowers, in a terminal cluster of 2 or 3 flowers, have 3 large white outer segments and 3 upright inner segments that are usually coloured, are borne on wiry stems. Diplarrena moraea has fragrant white 4-6 cm. flowers with purple and yellow inner segments has narrow leaves and wiry stems 45-60cm. Flowers are white, 4-6cm across, the inner segments purple and yellow, in summer.
Contributed by @jpea
-
Full sun to partial shade
-
Occasional watering
-
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
-
Moist and free draining
Common name
Butterfly Flag
Latin name
Diplarrena moraea
type
Perennial flowering plants
family
Iridaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
-
Light
Full sun to partial shade
-
Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
-
Soil
Moist and free draining
-
Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
-
Best time to plant
-
When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.60 M
Diplarrena moraea
Diplarrena are rhizomatous, evergreen, clump-forming perennials in the iris family. The leaves are stiff linear to sword-shaped, up to 30cm,long, and the flowers, in a terminal cluster of 2 or 3 flowers, have 3 large white outer segments and 3 upright inner segments that are usually coloured, are borne on wiry stems. Diplarrena moraea has fragrant white 4-6 cm. flowers with purple and yellow inner segments has narrow leaves and wiry stems 45-60cm. Flowers are white, 4-6cm across, the inner segments purple and yellow, in summer.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
The flowers appear in early Summer
Propagating by division
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
After approximately three years, once herbaceous perennial varieties have become established clumps they should be divided in order to retain vigour, and to produce new clumps. The simplest method is to carefully dig around the clump and gently pull it apart into fist sized pieces and re-plant the new pieces immediately where they are required.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant the rhizomes in sunny or partially sunny site in moist, but free-draining, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil
jpea