Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering crops in the family Iridaceae, first referred to as a genus in 1866 by Chr. Fr. Echlon (1795-1868) and named after German botanist and doctor Friedrich Freese (1794-1878). It is local to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most types being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the ex - genus Anomatheca are now included in Freesia. The plant life often called "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped bouquets, are cultivated hybrids of a number of Freesia varieties. Some other species are also expanded as ornamental plant life.
They are simply herbaceous plant life which increase from a conical corm 1-2.5 cm diameter, which sends up a tuft of small leaves 10-30 cm long, and a sparsely branched stem 10-40 cm high bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of blossoms with six tepals. Many varieties have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped blooms, although those previously put in the genus Anomatheca, such as F. laxa, have flat flowers. Freesias are being used as food crops by the larvae of some Lepidoptera types including Large Yellowish Underwing.
CULTIVATION AND USES
The vegetation usually called "freesias" are derived from crosses manufactured in the 19th hundred years between F. refracta and F. leichtlinii. Numerous cultivars have been bred from these varieties and the red- and yellow-flowered kinds of F. corymbosa. Modern tetraploid cultivars have plants which range from white to yellow, red, red and blue-mauve. They are simply mostly cultivated expertly in the Netherlands by about 80 growers.[3] Freesias can be commonly increased from seed. Because of their specific and satisfying scent, they are often used in hands creams, shampoos, candles, etc.[citation needed], however, the plants are mainly utilized in wedding bouquets. They could be planted in the street to redemption in USDA Hardiness Areas 9-10 (i.e. where in fact the temperature does not land below about -7 ?C (20 ?F)), and in the planting season in Areas 4-8.
Freesia laxa (previously called Lapeirousia laxa or Anomatheca cruenta) is one of the other kinds of the genus which is commonly cultivated. Smaller than the scented freesia cultivars, they have flat rather than cup-shaped blooms. Extensive 'forcing' of this bulb occurs in Half Moon Bay in California where several growers chill the bulbs in proprietary methods to satisfy frosty dormancy which results in creation of buds within the predicted amount of weeks - often 5 weeks at 55 ?F (13 ?C).
Herbaceous vegetation (in botanical use frequently simply natural remedies) are crops that have no continual woody stem above earth. Herbaceous vegetation may be annuals, biennials or perennials. Annual herbaceous plants pass away completely by the end of the growing season or when they have flowered and fruited, plus they then expand again from seed. Herbaceous perennial and biennial vegetation may have stems that die at the end of the growing season, but parts of the plant make it through under or near the bottom from season to season (for biennials, before next growing season, when they blossom and pass away). New growth advances from living cells left over on or under the bottom, including roots, a caudex (a thickened part of the stem at walk out) or various types of underground stems, such as lights, corms, stolons, rhizomes and tubers. Examples of herbaceous biennials include carrot, parsnip and common ragwort; herbaceous perennials include potato, peony, hosta, mint, most ferns and most grasses. In comparison, non-herbaceous perennial vegetation are woody plants that have stems above floor that stay alive through the dormant season and expand shoots the next 12 months from the above-ground parts - included in these are trees and shrubs, shrubs and vines.
Freesia laxa 39;Joan Evans39; × Freesia laxa subsp. azurea, Mari Kitama
Freesia laxa 39;Joan Evans39; × Freesia laxa subsp. azurea, Mari Kitama
Freesia laxa 39;Star of David39; syn. Anomatheca laxa 39;Star of David
International Trading: False Freesia Anomatheca laxa/Lapeirousia , 1
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