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African Corn-Lily
Ixia (IKS-ee-ah)
Family: Iridaceae
Non-native Herbaceous
This is a genus of flowering plants that grow from corms in the iris famuly (Iridaceae) native to South Africa.
Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗
NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 34 attributes.
Companions & Conflicts
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Full plant profile
Growing Conditions
Plant type
Bulb; Herbaceous Perennial; Perennial
Life cycle
Bulb; Perennial
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
High Organic Matter
Soil pH
Alkaline (>8.0); Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Soil drainage
Moist
Available space
Less than 12 inches
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous
Form & Appearance
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Rosulate
Leaf shape
Lanceolate; Linear
Leaf margin
Entire
Hairs present
No
Flower color
Cream/Tan; Gold/Yellow; Pink; Purple/Lavender; Red/Burgundy; White
Flower value
Good Cut; Showy
Flower shape
Star
Bloom time
Spring; Summer
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Non-native
Origin
Africa
Play value
Colorful
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Meadow
Landscape theme
Cutting Garden
Design feature
Border; Mass Planting
Garden tags
#showy flowers #well-drained soil #flower arrangements #border planting #flowers late spring #bedding plants #spring flowering bulbs #bulb #full sun tolerant #container plant #perennial
Planted at Hunnicutt
Nobody’s planted this one yet.