A wide range of colors and an alluring floral fragrance make freesia hard to resist. With up to eight trumpet-shaped, upward-pointing blossoms on leafless stems, freesias make delightful cut flowers that last a long time in the vase.
The freesia bulb plant is easy to force indoors on sunny windowsills. Learning how to grow freesias in the garden and freesia flower care will allow you to enjoy these beauties year after year.
Freesias bloom readily indoors. Plant the bulbs about 2 inches (5 cm.) apart in a pot filled with regular potting soil. Keep the soil moist, but not soggy, and place the pot in a sunny, preferably south-facing window. Expect flowers in 10 to 12 weeks.
Once the flowers and foliage die back, allow the pot to dry out and place it in a cool location until you are ready to bring them into bloom again.
Water well through the growing season but cut back during flowering time. Stop watering altogether once the foliage dies down and dries up. Do not over water because it will cause the corms to rot.
Temperature: Keep Freesia refract plants in cool room with temperatures ranging between 16-18°C (60-65°F) and moderate humidity while they are growing and flowering. Blooms will last for weeks if kept at a maximum of 18°C (65°F). Freesia refract plants need a mild winter temperature of around 10°C (50°F).
Fertilizer: A liquid fertilizer can be applied as soon as the first growth appears above ground.
Tritonia crocata is a striking, late spring and early summer-flowering plant with fiery orange or reddish orange flower sprays and a fan of short, lance-shaped leaves.. It has a flattened corm surrounded by a few layers of fibrous outer tunics and multiplies by cormlets produced around its base. The three lower tepals of the flower have a narrow yellow or dark red central stripe in the throat, and all the tepals have attractive narrow translucent zones or ‘windows’ on the margins.
Tritonia are small bulbous plants up to 80 cm, that appear in great numbers in spring. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow, orange or brown, sweet-smelling, and give off a very strong fragrance, especially at night. They are not grazed
Tritonia bulbs produce nice loose spikes of up to 10 flowers, each 1-2″ / 3-5 cm in diameter on slender, graceful branched stems. The rounded up facing flowers which narrow to a short tube at the base resemble those of freesias. They are long-lasting cut flowers and their vivid soft colors will brighten up any room. Their foliage is narrow and grassy.
Common name: Star-of-Bethlehem, Chincherinchee, Snake Flower, Prussian Asparagus.
Bloom time: The Ornithogalum thyrsoides flowers from October to February, providing lasting blooms that grace gardens and landscapes with their pristine blooms during the hottest months.
Height: 4 to 24 inches (10—60 cm).
Difficulty level: Medium
Planting & Care
Full sunlight through to full shade. Good drainage. Rich soil. In the early spring supply a top dressing of manure. Provide frequent feeds with weak fertilizer. Divide frequently to maintain vigor. Deadhead before seed-set to prevent spreading.
This versatile plant can be used in mass plantings, in rock gardens, as a container plant or partially submerged in the water garden.
Rain lily Leaves are a deep glossy green and measure 3 mm wide. Flowers, which at first resemble a new leaf, but emerge from their papery sheaves to a stunning whiteness; they are erect in perianth.
Dig holes and plant the bulbs 1-2 inch deep and 6 inch apart
Sow bulbs into a hole made with your finger or the end of a stick
Poke, drop, cover
After planting, water well, gently soaking the soil and settling it around the bulbs
Germination will begin in 10 to 15 days
Rain lilies are happiest with little moisture during spring and summer, with a bit more water late in the season to trigger flowering
Plant the bulbs immediately and do not store for long time
Its star shape attractive flowers increase the beauty of any empty space.
The star shape flowers are mostly used for ornamental purpose in garden, balcony, terrace, etc.
