Freesia Refracta Fresias. Prepared corms planted outside in april will flower in late summer or they can be grown in a cool greenhouse for spring flowering. Plant the freesia bulbs or corms at least 2 inches 5 cm deep and 2 to 4 inches 5 to 10 cm apart.
Freesias are native to south africa where they are winter growing plants and are frost tender. Freesia refracta are herbaceous plants which grow from a corm 1 2 5cm 0 4 1 inch diameter which sends up a tuft of narrow strap like leaves 10 30cm 4 12 inch long and a sparsely branched stem 10 40cm 4 16 inch tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one sided spike of flowers with six tepals. Equally with muguet and mimosa it soaks the march air making it unforgettable and exhilarating driving crazy telle quelle as we like it to be.
Yellow freesia refracta is considered to be the most popular sort of this flower its gentle light peppery scent seems to be rather vernal.
Save to my scrapbook. Another way to increase your stock of the flowers is by planting from seed. In fact many of the most popular designer perfumes today include the freesia scent to balance out the overall fragrance. Freesias are very easy to grow and perfect for naturalising.
