F laxa in an orange form can self seed as an annual in Derbyshire, the blue self seeds under cold glass for me but I believe all my corms succumed to last winter, The same goes for F viridis, I am waiting for seedlings from the sand. F alba is in flower just now. Peter UK On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:33 PM, David Fenwick < davidfenwicksnr@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>>>I acquired this some years ago and though I had lost it, but it > >>>>reappeared in another neglected pot last autumn, and now I have 2 if > the > >>>>as yet unflowered one is the same. It is a very pale lilac with deep > >>>>purple markings. Is this ssp. less hardy than the red? > > Hi Brian, > Lots of experience with Freesia laxa here. It's not as hardy as laxa, and > barely survives in a cold greenhouse in the UK... > > Best Wishes, > Dave > > (Penzance, UK) >