Cameron and Rhoda: The white Freesia laxa is a weed. I have spend years trying to eradicate it from my garden. I have seen what looks like the red form in Zimbabwe and I think you are correct about the blue but don't remember exactly. Harold At 10:03 PM 12/6/2011, you wrote: >Hi Freesia laxa fans > >We have a large population od Freesia laxa in our nursery which is >self seeding and comes up all over - almost a weed!. This >population consists of equal proportion of red and white >flowers. We sometimes mark the white plants in an attempt to get >white seed but consider this to be a futile exercise and we believe >that all our seed is heterozygous for colour. Our plants originate >from wild plants in forest habitats in the Eastern Cape where red is >the dominant colour, with occasional whoie flowers. However in >cultivation the proportion of white plants has increased steadily >over the years. > >We also have a blue form which flowers at a different time. We are >not clear concerning the origin of the blue Freesia laxa but think >it may have come from northen provinces - maybe Natal. Can anyone >shed light on the origin of the blue form of Freesia laxa? > >Cameron and Rhoda McMaster >African Bulbs >PO Box 26, Napier 7270 >Tel/Fax: 028 423 3651 >Mobile: 082 774 2075 >Email: africanbulbs@haznet.co.za >Website: http://www.africanbulbs.com/ >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/