Freesia laxa Rainbow Solidago The cold tolerance of from

The cold tolerance of from this population has exceeded plants collected from higher and more northerly populations

looking indeed like a bloody nose (late April in NC)

Flowering for us is typically in early November

Beneath the evergreen cordate leaves in April and May

Although the cross is the same that produced the 1979 introduction

Freesia laxa Rainbow Solidago The cold tolerance of fromOur plant friend, JoAnn Trial of Texas shared these amazing multi colored Freesia laxa from her garden. This little known, summer dormant iris relative, native from South Africa to Kenya, was only discovered and named in 1971. We've spent years trying to sort them by colors, to no avail, since they seed so readily, and each seedling varies in color. The only answer was to offer them as a mixed seed strain. Colors range from lavender to pink, to