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Moraea (South African Iris)

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Moraea are iris-like plants from South Africa with long, broad lanceolate and usually evergreen to semi evergreen leaves with similar, large flowers as real iris. Hardy in a sheltered place in the rockery garden in full sun to half-shade with a good mulch layer as protection against freezing through. After heavy freezing plants will resprout in late spring, excellent pot plants for an unheated wintergarden or greenhouse. All Moraea should be given some extra drainage in order to keep rhizomes rather dry in winter. Will flower freely if happy.
Sow seeds flat at some 15°C to 20°C in any well drained, yet humus rich substrate. Keep pots in a sunny spot and keep soil slightly moist from below. Most species will require a prolonged cooling period prior to germination and a drop down to 10°C at night may significantly enhance the germination process. Germination will either occur in autumn for wintergreen species or in late spring for summer growing members. Do not expose sowing pots neither to freezing temperatures nor to more than 30°C. All are best sown in an unheated, yet frostfree wintergarden or greenhouse.
All are USDA Climate Zone 8 unless stated differently.
20 seeds per package.
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Moraea alticola

Moraea alticola

70 (100)cm, makes only a single leaf and rather large, dull yellow flowers. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot. During dormancy reduce watering to a minimum. In winter keep at a minimum of some 12°C. VI-VII.
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Moraea bellendenii

Moraea bellendenii

50 (100)cm, makes an upright elegant stalk topped with bright lemon-yellow flowers. Native of rocky or clay soils from Darling to Plettenberg Bay. For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. Requires a good winter protection (i.e. dry mulch layer). Best grown in pots under frostfree conditions in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden with reduced watering and a winter minimum of some 5°C. VII-VIII.
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Moraea bifida

Moraea bifida

30 (60)cm, very variable in size, produces a single leaf and tricolored flowers in rich salmon, white and yellow. For any well drained soil in partial shade to full sun. Requires winter protection (mulch layer). VII-VIII.
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Moraea britteniae

Moraea britteniae

25 (45)cm, (syn Homeria britteniae) is endemic to sandy soils in the southeastern Cape region in South Africa. Moraea britteniae produces a single leaf and pale yellow to cream flowers with a yellowish-green center. For any well drained substrate in a sunny spot. In winter water carefully and keep plants at a minimum of some 10°C. V-VI.
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Moraea ciliata

Moraea ciliata

10 (20)cm, a dwarf species with dense, dark green leaves and few fragrant white, blue to yellowish-brown flowers. V-VII.
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Moraea collina

Moraea collina


20 seeds per package.

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Moraea cooperi

Moraea cooperi

15 (25)cm, a smaller species with quite large, bright yellow iris like flowers on a terminally branching stem and grass-like, very thin leaves. For any rich, well drained soil. Keep preferably frostfree in winter with reduced watering and a minimum of some 5°C. Excellent in an unheated greenhouse or cold wintergarden. VII-VIII.
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Moraea elegans

Moraea elegans

25 (35)cm, has showy bright yellow flowers with an orange tip separated by a greenish band. III-IV.
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Moraea elliotii

Moraea elliotii

40 (50)cm, medium sized Moraea with folded leaves and nice violet blue flowers with contrasting yellowish-orange nectar guides. For any well drained soil in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden, supposedly not hardy enough in the open garden. Partial shade to full sun. USDA Climate Zone 9. VII-VIII.
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Moraea flaccida (One-leaf Cape Tulip)

Moraea flaccida (One-leaf Cape Tulip)

40 (60)cm, One-leaf Cape Tulip is a proliferous, readily self-seeding species from the Cape Region in South Africa. It makes a tall branching stalk with several showy pale orange flowers. For any rich, well drained substrate. In winter during dormancy keep bulbs drier and at a minimum of some 5°C. V-VII.
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Moraea fugax

Moraea fugax

20 (40)cm, makes upright stalks with iris like, scented, pale blue, pale yellow to white flowers. It is native of sandy to rocky soils from Namaqualand to Mossel Bay. Best grown in pots under frostfree conditions in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden with reduced watering and a winter minimum of some 5°C. III-V.
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Moraea huttonii

Moraea huttonii

30 (50)cm, an evergreen species with sweetly perfumed lemon yellow flowers. For any humus rich, slightly moist, yet well drained soil in partial shade to full sun. Leaves will die down from freezing and emerge again in late spring. Evergreen if cultivated in a cool wintergarden or greenhouse. USDA Climate Zone 8. VII-VIII.
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Moraea knersvlaktensis

Moraea knersvlaktensis

25 (40)cm, has unusual, pale yellow flower petals with an inner rich yellow center and rather broad leaves. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot. During dormancy reduce watering to a minimum. In winter keep at a minimum of some 12°C. VI-VII.
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Moraea lewisiae

Moraea lewisiae

25 (40)cm, makes several rich yellow flowers which open in the afternoon and linear, grass-like leaves. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot. During dormancy reduce watering to a minimum. In winter keep at a minimum of some 12°C. VI-VII.
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Moraea macronyx

Moraea macronyx

10 (20)cm, dwarf species with pale yellow, fragrant flowers and short leaves with undulated margins. Best grown in a rich, well drained, preferably rocky soil in pots under frostfree conditions in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden.
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Moraea marlothi

Moraea marlothi

50 (90)cm, makes only a s ingle broad leaf and rich yellow or salmon-pink flowers. V-VII.
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Moraea miniata

Moraea miniata

25 (45)cm, (syn Homeria miniata) is native throughout most of the Cape region in South Africa. Moraea miniata has one to two leaves and several, usually pale salmon pink (rarely pale yellow) flowers. For any well drained substrate in a sunny spot. In winter water carefully and keep plants at a minimum of some 10°C. V-VI.
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Moraea neglecta

Moraea neglecta

20 (40)cm, usually solitary growing species with rich yellow flowers. For any well drained, rather sandy soil in full sun. Provide a good winter protection (thick mulch layer), better in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden. VII-VIII.
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Moraea ochroleuca

Moraea ochroleuca

50 (70)cm, pale to rich yellow or bright orange flowers. In order to enjoy it’s very early flowers it should be grown in pots under frostfree conditions in any well drained soil in full sun to partial shade. II-IV.
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Moraea pendula

Moraea pendula

50 (90)cm, a medium sized species native of moist places in the Kamiesberg (Namaqualand). Makes most ornamental, slightly nodding bright yellow flowers with nicely contrasting red anthers and reflexed petals above narrow grass-like leaves. Best grown in a humus rich, well drained soil in pots under frostfree conditions in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden. III-V.
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Moraea polyanthos

Moraea polyanthos

15 (45)cm, branched species with nicely scented, bright blue to purplish blue flowers and contrasting yellow nectar guides. Native of flats and lower slopes in South Africa. For any rocky, well drained soil in a sunny, protected spot.
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Moraea polystachya

Moraea polystachya

25 (40)cm, a species from dryish areas. It produces pale lavender blue to pale blue flowers on filigree,branching stems. For any very well drained, rather inorganic soil in full sun. Give some good winter protection (mulch layer), better for frostfree conditionsin a cool wintergarden or greenhouse. VII-VIII.
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Moraea pritzeliana

Moraea pritzeliana

20cm, makes quite large, iris-like, intense lavender blue to rich blue flowers above a very unusual, middle to dark green, and spiral leaf.
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Moraea pyrophila

Moraea pyrophila

30 (50)cm, makes several showy, bright lemon-yellow flowers above linear, grass-like leaves. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot. During dormancy reduce watering to a minimum. In winter keep at a minimum of some 12°C. VI-VII.
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Moraea ramosissima

Moraea ramosissima

50 (120)cm, a tall species with most ornamental bright yellow flowers on branching racemes. Native of semi moist soils from Gifberg to Eastern Cape. For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. Requires a good winter protection (i.e. dry mulch layer). Best grown in pots under frostfree conditions in a cool greenhouse or wintergarden with reduced watering and a winter minimum of some 5°C. VII-VIII.
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