Posts Tagged ‘ freesias ’

The meaning of flowers

Freesias are a native flower of South Africa There are 19 species which are found nowhere else in the world. The oldest  known species which was cultivated overseas was F. refacta. With the introduction of a pink flowered species F. armstrongii which flowered at Kew in 1898, hybrids between these 2 species were developed...
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Freesia Diary

Daily maintenance is an ongoing job but extremely necessary for the health of your plants. I try to weed out 25 trays each day but  it is slow work being very important to not disturb the root system of the growing bulbs. I have increased the frequency of watering  putting the meter down to 2000...
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Growth of my freesia

With the warmer than usual autumn temperatures I am getting really good growth with the freesia. My red and yellow plants are showing the best growth but it wont take long for the other colours to catch up. I have started putting some nutrient in the watering system and next week I will look at...
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Congragulations to Semiomantics

Congragulations to Semiomantics

What a great play with words. Im looking forward to seeing what exciting things this word is going to portray                                                         Here is a bunch of freesias to help celebrate
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End of freesia bulb selling season

Its been another successful season selling my freesia corms . Its also been an unusual season as I would of had around the  same amount of bulbs as in past seasons but this year I ran out with another month of possible selling . I guarantee that if I had of had the amount I have estimated...
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Spring Flowers