FREESIA ASST FRESH

Availability : Year-round.
Shelf Life: 7-10 Days
Color :White, yellow, red, orange or purple.
Flower fragrance is variable but often intense with yellow forms.
Sold by: bunches
Bunches: 10 stms per bunch

Botanical Name :Freesia (leichtlinii, refracta or spp.)
Common Name : Freesia
Product Use : Cut Flower
Pronunciation : FREE-zhi-a ree-FRAC-ta
Family Roots : Member of the Iridaceae (iris) family.

Native to South Africa.

Common relatives include iris, gladiolus, crocus and ixia.

Personality : Flowers are funnel-shaped, 1-2 inches long, 5-8 flowers per one sided spike.

Stems are leafless, sometimes branched, 1-2 feet long.

Plant is a perennial from corms, classed as a monocotyledon, leaves mostly parallel veined.

Ethylene Sensitivity : Medium

Care and Handling : Recut stems under water and place into a fresh flower food solution.

Storage Specifics : 32-36F. Wet is seemingly better than dry storage.

Tidbits : Flowers in both single and double forms.

Name after Dr. Friedrich Freese (1785-1876), a German physician native to Keil and a student of South African plants. The specific epithet name refracta means broken.

An ethylene-induced symptom is when petals become translucent and/or fall off. Water stress can cause a surge in ethylene production, which in turn can reduce flower life.

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