FREESIA FLOWERS

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 02:35 PM

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cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 02:36 PM

Post Last Edit by cincau at 20-8-2010 15:02

Cultivation and uses

Freesias are very popular garden plants, grown for their often strongly scented flowers. The most commonly cultivated species is F. refracta, which was crossed with F. leichtlinii in the 19th century. Numerous cultivars have been bred from these species and the pink- and yellow-flowered forms of F. corymbosa. Modern tetraploid cultivars have flowers ranging from white to yellow, pink, red and blue-mauve. They are widely cultivated and readily increased from seed. Due to their specific and pleasing scent, they are often used in hand creams, shampoos, candles, etc.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 02:55 PM

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FACTS ABOUT FREESIA

Freesia bloom was named by Dr. Freese (1785-1876) , a native of Kiel, Germany.

The flowers come in a great variety of colors - white, golden yellow, orange, red, pink, mauve, lavender, purple and bicolors.

Freesia perfume has a light, sweet, soap-like floral scent - trendy in soaps, lotions and so forth.

Freesia flower bouquets are also used for gifting on special occassions. Freesia flowers are symbolic of innocence.

Freesia are very popularly used in the perfume, scented oils and baths and other related industries.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 03:00 PM

Plant Care

Freesias are propagated by offsets of bulbs and seeds.

Freesia plants need full sun and cool night temperatures, preferably between 45 and 40 degrees.

Keep the plants well watered while the leaves and flowers are developing.

When the leaves begin to brown after the flowers have faded, the plants may be gradually dried off and the corms saved for the following year.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 03:03 PM

Freesia plants grow from a corm (a solid bulb, as in Gladiolus). The Freesia orm sends up a tuft of long narrow leaves and a slightly branched stem. Freesia Flowers are borne as loose one-sided spikes of narrowly funnel-shaped flowers along a side few leaves. Some excellent Freesia varieties (old-fashioned) for fragrance include: Athene, Allure, Demeter, Excelsior, Golden Wave, Mirabel, Pink Westlind, Snowdon, and Welkin.

The tender, cormous plant, Freesia originated in South Africa. The leaves on Freesia are sword shaped and light green and may be up to 1 feet high. Freesia Flower stalks are slender and about the same height. As many as 8 funnel-shaped Freesia flowers form a loose cluster at the top of each stalk. Where the flowers begin, the stem makes a sharp bend so that the Freesia flowers face upward.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 03:04 PM

Freesia Flowers are one of the most fragrant flowers. The Freesia specie, Freesia alba caused a sensation when introduced into cultivation in 1878! Along with Freesia leichteinii, this is the most deliciously, sweetest of all Freesia species.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 03:04 PM

Freesia is a genus of about 14 species. Freesia bulbs are usually grown for use asCut Flowers. All the 14 species of Freesia are African in origin. Of The 14 Freesia species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tropical Africa, with one these species extending north of the equator to Sudan. Freesia flowers are very fragrant, typically white or yellow, and are borne in spikelike racemes. This blooming beauty captures your heart and is a springtime favorite.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 03:06 PM

Freesia Ecklon ex Klatt is a genus of 14–16 species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to Africa. Of the 14 species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to Sudan.

The genus was named in honor of Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795–1876), German physician.[1]

They are herbaceous plants which grow from a corm 1–2.5 cm diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow 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 fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers.

cincau · Post time 20-8-2010 03:06 PM

Species

Freesia alba
Freesia andersoniae
Freesia caryophyllacea
Freesia corymbosa
Freesia fergusoniae
Freesia fucata
Freesia grandiflora
Freesia laxa (syn. Anomatheca laxa, Lapeirousia laxa)
Freesia leichtlinii
Freesia occidentalis
Freesia refracta
Freesia sparrmannii
Freesia speciosa
Freesia verrucosa
Freesia viridis (syn. Anomatheca viridis)

Freesias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Large Yellow Underwing.