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 known as after German botanist and doctor Friedrich Freese (1794-1878). It is local to the eastern aspect of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most species being within Cape Provinces. Varieties of the former genus Anomatheca are now contained in Freesia. The vegetation commonly known as "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped plants, are cultivated hybrids of a number of Freesia species. Some other species are also produced as ornamental plants.
They are really herbaceous plants which expand from a conical corm 1-2.5 cm diameter, which delivers up a tuft of narrow leaves 10-30 cm long, and a sparsely branched stem 10-40 cm large bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six tepals. Many kinds have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers, although those previously placed in the genus Anomatheca, such as F. laxa, have flat flowers. Freesias are used as food crops by the larvae of some Lepidoptera kinds including Large Yellow Underwing.
CULTIVATION AND USES
The plants usually called "freesias" are derived from crosses made in the 19th hundred years between F. refracta and F. leichtlinii. Numerous cultivars have been bred from these kinds and the red- and yellow-flowered forms of F. corymbosa. Modern tetraploid cultivars have flowers ranging from white to yellowish, pink, red and blue-mauve. They may be mostly cultivated professionally in holland by about 80 growers.[3] Freesias can be readily increased from seed. Because of their specific and attractive scent, they are often used in palm lotions, shampoos, candles, etc.[citation needed], however, the flowers are mainly utilized in wedding bouquets. They could be planted in the semester in USDA Hardiness Areas 9-10 (i.e. where the temperature will not fall season below about -7 ?C (20 ?F)), and in the spring in Zones 4-8.
Freesia laxa (formerly called Lapeirousia laxa or Anomatheca cruenta) is one of the other kinds of the genus which is often cultivated. Smaller than the scented freesia cultivars, they have flat alternatively than cup-shaped bouquets. Extensive 'forcing' of this bulb occurs in two Moon Bay in California where several growers chill the bulbs in proprietary solutions to satisfy frigid dormancy which results in creation of buds in just a predicted amount of weeks - often 5 weeks at 55 ?F (13 ?C).
Herbaceous vegetation (in botanical use frequently simply herbal selections) are vegetation that have no persistent woody stem above floor. Herbaceous vegetation may be annuals, biennials or perennials. Annual herbaceous plants expire completely at the end of the growing season or when they may have flowered and fruited, plus they then grow again from seed. Herbaceous perennial and biennial plant life may have stems that die by the end of the growing season, but elements of the plant survive under or near to the bottom from season to season (for biennials, until the next growing season, when they blossom and perish). New development builds up from living tissues remaining on or under the ground, including root base, a caudex (a thickened part of the stem at ground level) or various types of underground stems, such as bulbs, corms, stolons, rhizomes and tubers. Types of herbaceous biennials include carrot, parsnip and common ragwort; herbaceous perennials include potato, peony, hosta, mint, most ferns & most grasses. In comparison, non-herbaceous perennial plants are woody vegetation that have stems above floor that remain alive through the dormant season and grow shoots another year from the above-ground parts - included in these are trees, shrubs and vines.
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