Freesia laxa Rainbow White/Cream Flowering Plants spreading from thick underground rhizomes

spreading from thick underground rhizomes

which creates a truly stunning contrast

Although this cross was made in the late 1970s

probably into Zone 6

We're pretty sure this is a hybrid of Kniphofia rooperi

Freesia laxa Rainbow White/Cream Flowering Plants spreading from thick underground rhizomesOur 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