Posts Tagged ‘ freesia ’

My Freesia Venture

My Freesia Venture

I had an empty greenhouse with hydroponic capabilities, and no funds to plant  a specalist flower crop. A friend suggested I buy a few freesia bulbs to see how they went as the winter here is to cold to grow them succussfully outside. I have always loved freesias so purchased a few different colours...
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About freesias

Freesias are amongst some of the loveliest spring flowers which are fragant and last well as a cut flower. Freesias belong to the Iris family and have a long wiry stem bearing several flowers on  a one sided arching spike.They come in colours of white,cream or pink ,sometimes flushed with purple and yellow and are...
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Lifting the bulbs

Lifting the bulbs

 December is a busy time as the plants have now died down and the bulbs now need to be lifted and divided. All dead plant debri needs to be removed . My freesia are in trays so each tray is tipped up and all plant material taken out and separated into bulbs for sale,...
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