Freesia laxa Rainbow Xeriscaping Plants Forget eating this seed-filled banana

Forget eating this seed-filled banana unless your spouse kicks you out of the house without dinner

starting in mid-April with 2' stalks of quarter-sized flowers

due to it's dislike of water and need for perfect drainage

while it doesn't seem picky about soil moisture

and being rather resistant to our optional techniques used to induce offsetting

Freesia laxa Rainbow Xeriscaping Plants Forget eating this seed-filled bananaOur plant friend, JoAnn Trial of Texas shared these amazing multi colored Freesia laxa from her garden. This little known, summer dormant iris relative, native from South Africa to Kenya, was only discovered and named in 1971. We've spent years trying to sort them by colors, to no avail, since they seed so readily, and each seedling varies in color. The only answer was to offer them as a mixed seed strain. Colors range from lavender to pink, to