Regarding flowering dates in the PBS wiki.

David Pilling via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:12:10 PST
Hi,

There was a blank post from Linda Press Wulf yesterday, this is what the 
missing content was:

"
In the PBS wiki, I read the following about a freesia that has 
naturalized in my own N. California garden, like that of Mary Sue 
Ittner. It mentions the flowering time being late July to early October, 
which is not what happens in my garden. I realized that the months 
mentioned in the Wiki are the months where the plant originates. Is that 
correct? If so, wouldn’t it be more helpful for the Wiki, on a regular 
basis, to state the season, rather than the months? In this case, that 
would be late winter to early spring.

Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba (G.L.Mey.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt is 
described as all white, or cream, flushed purple, usually with the base 
of only the lower median tepal marked yellow to orange. The tube is 20 
to 40 mm long with the basal narrow part 5 to 20 mm. Growing from 20 to 
50 cm, this subspecies has inclined or suberect leaves. It has smooth to 
slightly wrinkled seeds and flowers late July to early October. It has 
naturalized in coastal Northern California gardens, but may not be 
reliably hardy elsewhere. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner of flowers that have 
naturalized in her garden, growing both in sun and shade. There is also 
a picture of a flower with extra petals, one showing the purple backs, 
and the seeds next to the capsule (on a 1 cm grid).
"




-- 
David Pilling
http://www.davidpilling.com/

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