NAME: Freesia - Royal Champion Mix
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Freesia Hybrida
COLOR: Reddish Orange, Assorted
Pink Shades, Various Lilac - Purple & Blue Tones, White, & Yellow
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost /
Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Spring - Summer
HARDINESS ZONE: 9 - 11
PLANT HEIGHT: 16"
PLANT SPACING: 3 - 4"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 5 Seeds
OTHER: Freesias
are an extremely popular flower. They are loved for their bright colors, delightful
fragrance, & variety of uses.
Freesia’s large showy trumpet shaped flowers bloom with as
many as 10 blossoms per stalk. The Royal Champion Mix includes all of the best
colors of the Freesia rainbow! Bees & butterflies will be attracted to
their beautiful display. They bloom from spring to summer, with their ideal temperature
being a range of 55 - 70F. When grown outdoors, they will be done blooming before
the hottest part of the season arrives, & their long, narrow, grass-like
leaves will die down after blooming. Freesias are typically planted in groups,
& grow very well in containers.
Freesia make an excellent cut flower because of their long vase
life of up to 2 weeks! Their fragrance will perfume the air with a delightful combination
that is sweet, floral, & fruity like berries & citrus. It has been
described often as smelling like candy J Interestingly,
the scent of the flower varies some between the colors of the blooms, as does
the intensity of the fragrance. The Freesia’s scent is very popular worldwide,
& is commercially uséd in countless health & beauty products like perfumes
& lotions to home fragrances like air fresheners & candles, & much
more.
In the language of flowers, the Freesia symbolizes
friendship, thoughtfulness, purity, innocence, & grace under pressure. It’s
also the 7th wedding anniversary flower.
Native to South Africa, Freesias are tender perennials (they
can’t tolerate frost), but can easily be grown as an annual or houseplant in
cooler northern regions. Freesias form corms (similar to a bulb) which can be
dug & stored in their dormant state over the winter to replant the next
spring. If you choose to plant them in containers, they can be dried & stored
overwinter in their containers indoors. Easy as pie! Freesias are also a
popular plant for ‘forcing’. Once your seeds form corms, the corms can be
‘forced’ to bloom indoors over the winter in the cold north. Just place them in
a sunny window sill - they will only take 10 – 12 weeks to bloom from corms. After
the corms have been dormant long enough, simply replant & water them to set
them in motion. Say goodbye to those winter blues!
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