Carefree bloomer.(lily)(Brief article)

From: Sunset | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Buttery yellow blooms with velvety chocolate blotches look like fluttering butterflies atop fortnight lily (Dietes bicolor) from spring into fall. What's more, although the flowers resemble small, delicate Japanese irises, this South African native is one tough plant.

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Stiff, narrow evergreen leaves grow in upright clumps that reach 2 to 3 feet tall. Blooms appear in two-week intervals with 2-inch-wide flowers that each ...

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