Cultivation
Freesia laxa is sufficiently hardy to be grown outdoors in all but the coldest parts of the British Isles. It requires a light soil and a sunny position. In colder areas, the corms can be lifted and dried off during the winter. It can be propagated by dividing groups of corms or by seed. It can be somewhat invasive through self-sowing when grown in favourable conditions.
The white-flowered cultivar F. laxa var. alba has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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This form is sometimes given the cultivar name 'Joan Evans' Almost pure white form |
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