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| name = ''Freesia''

|familia=Iridaceae

| common_names = Freesia

|genus=Freesia

| growth_habit = Herbaceous ([[Corm]])

|common_name=Freesia

| high = [[min height:=40 cm]] to [[max height:=40 cm]]

|habit=bulbous

| wide = [[min width:=15 cm]] to [[max width:=15 cm]]

|Min ht metric=cm

| origin = S Africa

|Max ht box=40

|Max ht metric=cm

| lifespan = [[lifespan::perennial]]

|Max wd box=15

| exposure = [[exposure::sun]]

|Max wd metric=cm

| water = [[water::regular]]

|origin=S Africa

| features = [[features::flowers]], [[features::fragrance]], [[features::naturalizes]]

|lifespan=perennial

| hardiness = [[min temperature:= 20°F]]

|exposure=sun

| bloom = Fall (outdoors)

|water=moist

| usda_zones = [[min zone::8]] - [[max zone::11]]

|features=flowers, fragrance, naturalizes

| sunset_zones = 8, 9, 12-24, 28, indoors

|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall

|flowers=red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, multicolored, white, single, double

| image = Freesia.jpg

|Temp Metric=°F

| image_width = 240px

|min_zone=8

| image_caption = Cultivated freesias

|max_zone=11

| regnum = Plantae

|sunset_zones=8, 9, 12-24, 28, indoors

|image=Freesia.jpg

|image_width=240

|image_caption=Cultivated freesias

|min_temp=20°F

}}

}}

Flowers give of a rich perfume.  White or yellow blooms tend to have strongest perfume.  Row of 2 inch tubular flowers appear on stems about the same height as leaves.  Flowers may be single or double, white, yellow, pink, red, orange, purple, lavender, blue or various combination's of these colors.

Flowers give of a rich perfume.  White or yellow blooms tend to have strongest perfume.  Row of 2 inch tubular flowers appear on stems about the same height as leaves.  Flowers may be single or double, white, yellow, pink, red, orange, purple, lavender, blue or various combination's of these colors.

==Species==

==Species==

There are 14-16 species of Freesia, all native to [[Africa]]. Of the 14 species, 12 are native to [[Cape Province]], [[South Africa]], the remaining two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to [[Sudan]]. ''F. refracta'' is the most commonly grown species, which during the 19th century got crossed with ''F. leichtlinii''.  Many cultivars arose from those species, as well as pink and yellow flowering ''F. corymbosa''.

There are 16 species of Freesia, all native to [[Africa]]. Of the species, 12 are native to [[Cape Province]], [[South Africa]], and two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to [[Sudan]]. ''F. refracta'' is the most commonly grown species, which during the 19th century got crossed with ''F. leichtlinii''.  Many cultivars arose from those species, as well as pink and yellow flowering ''F. corymbosa''.

*''[[Freesia alba]]''

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==External links==

==External links==