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 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 varieties being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the previous genus Anomatheca are now contained in Freesia. The crops often called "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped plants, are cultivated hybrids of lots of Freesia varieties. Some other types are also grown as ornamental plants.
They are simply herbaceous vegetation 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 large bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of blossoms with six tepals. Many kinds have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped blooms, although those previously positioned in the genus Anomatheca, such as F. laxa, have toned flowers. Freesias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Large Yellow Underwing.
CULTIVATION AND USES
The plant life 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 species and the green- and yellow-flowered kinds of F. corymbosa. Modern tetraploid cultivars have flowers which range from white to yellowish, pink, red and blue-mauve. They are really mostly cultivated properly in the Netherlands by about 80 growers.[3] Freesias can be readily increased from seed. Because of the specific and desirable scent, they are often used in side products, shampoos, candles, etc.[citation needed], however, the flowers are mainly utilized in wedding bouquets. They can be planted in the fall in USDA Hardiness Zones 9-10 (i.e. where in fact the temperature does not land below about -7 ?C (20 ?F)), and in the planting season in Zones 4-8.
Freesia laxa (formerly called Lapeirousia laxa or Anomatheca cruenta) is one of the other types of the genus which is commonly cultivated. Smaller than the scented freesia cultivars, it has flat somewhat than cup-shaped plants. Extensive 'forcing' of the bulb occurs in two Moon Bay in California where several growers chill the lights in proprietary solutions to satisfy frosty dormancy which results in development of buds in a predicted volume of weeks - often 5 weeks at 55 ?F (13 ?C).
Herbaceous vegetation (in botanical use frequently simply natural remedies) are vegetation which have no consistent woody stem above floor. Herbaceous plants may be annuals, biennials or perennials. Annual herbaceous plants pass away completely at the end of the growing season or when they have flowered and fruited, plus they then increase again from seed. Herbaceous perennial and biennial plants may have stems that pass away by the end of the growing season, but elements of the plant survive under or near the bottom from season to season (for biennials, before next growing season, when they flower and perish). New progress grows from living cells staying on or under the bottom, including roots, a caudex (a thickened portion of the stem at walk out) 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. By contrast, non-herbaceous perennial plants are woody plant life which have stems above earth that remain alive through the dormant season and grow shoots another yr from the above-ground parts - included in these are trees, shrubs and vines.
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