Freesia laxa
patty allen (Tue, 28 May 2013 10:18:02 PDT)
Hi Mary Sue,
I don't grow the blue form, but I am certainly interested to see if they would do for me here is South East Texas. Anything BLUE catches my eye.
Have you guys heard of anyone else in this area of Texas trying to grow them. I think the white ones are beautiful also. You are so right about the red ones taking over, but I still think they are pretty and I just plant them somewhere else!
Patty Allen
In HOT Southeast Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
Sent: May 28, 2013 11:41 AM
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Freesia laxa
Most people have found the blue form of Freesia laxa much less
vigorous and harder to grow than the red and white forms. Some of us
never had success even though we could grow the others easily. So
even though I had failed a number of times before, since Gastil
continued to offer these on the BX and I like blue flowers and had a
high BX credit I decided to give them another try. I reasoned perhaps
there would be something in the genetics of her plants that made them
easier to grow. None of the seeds germinated for me. It's strange
that this plant from a summer rainfall area blooms for her in winter
(January).
Anyone else have luck growing Freesia laxa subsp. azurea and if so
how do you treat it, as a summer grower or a winter grower?
Mary Sue
These grow easily from seed and flower in one or two years. These
are not weedy like the red ones.
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