Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Chr. Fr. Echlon (1795-1868) and called 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 species being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the former genus Anomatheca are actually contained in Freesia. The crops commonly known as "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped plants, are cultivated hybrids of lots of Freesia kinds. Some other species are also expanded as ornamental crops.
They may be herbaceous plant life which grow from a conical corm 1-2.5 cm size, which sends up a tuft of slim leaves 10-30 cm long, and a sparsely branched stem 10-40 cm tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of blossoms with six tepals. Many species have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped blossoms, although those formerly positioned in the genus Anomatheca, such as F. laxa, have chiseled flowers. Freesias are used as food crops by the larvae of some Lepidoptera types including Large Yellow Underwing.
CULTIVATION AND USES
The plants usually called "freesias" are derived from crosses manufactured in the 19th century between F. refracta and F. leichtlinii. Numerous cultivars have been bred from these varieties and the green- and yellow-flowered kinds of F. corymbosa. Modern tetraploid cultivars have plants which range from white to yellow, red, red and blue-mauve. They may be mostly cultivated skillfully in holland by about 80 growers.[3] Freesias can be conveniently increased from seed. Because of the specific and satisfying scent, they are generally used in hand lotions, shampoos, candles, etc.[citation needed], however, the plants are mainly utilized in wedding bouquets. They can be planted in the fall season in USDA Hardiness Areas 9-10 (i.e. where the temperature does not fall season below about -7 ?C (20 ?F)), and in the spring in Areas 4-8.
Freesia laxa (previously called Lapeirousia laxa or Anomatheca cruenta) is one of the other varieties of the genus which is often cultivated. Smaller than the scented freesia cultivars, it has flat somewhat than cup-shaped blossoms. Extensive 'forcing' of the bulb occurs in Half Moon Bay in California where several growers chill the bulbs in proprietary methods to satisfy frosty dormancy which results in development of buds within the predicted amount of weeks - often 5 weeks at 55 ?F (13 ?C).
Herbaceous crops (in botanical use frequently simply natural remedies) are plant life that have no persistent woody stem above floor. Herbaceous crops may be annuals, biennials or perennials. Annual herbaceous plants perish completely by the end of the growing season or when they have flowered and fruited, and they then expand again from seed. Herbaceous perennial and biennial plant life may have stems that pass away by the end of the growing season, but parts of the plant endure under or near the ground from season to season (for biennials, before next growing season, when they blossom and perish). New growth builds up from living cells remaining on or under the bottom, including root base, a caudex (a thickened portion of the stem at walk out) or various types of underground stems, such as light bulbs, 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. By contrast, non-herbaceous perennial vegetation are woody plants which have stems above floor that continue to be alive through the dormant season and develop shoots the next time from the above-ground parts - included in these are trees and shrubs, shrubs and vines.
Freesia flowers in bloom, they come in many different colors and are
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Freesia Color Chart
Colored Freesia flowers in bouquet.
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