Freesia Fanatics Unite!

Are you a freesia fanatic? Is there any flower as whimsical, playful and beautiful as freesia?  Start with their sequential blooms; they keep opening over time, so each stem has an enormous kinetic energy. Then add their scent, did you know many of the most popular fragrances in the world owe a debt to the mighty freesia?

Calvin Klein Eternity, Chanel Allure Eau de Toilette, Ralph Lauren Romance, DKNY Pure and even Jennifer Lopez Still all have a dominant freesia note. If you want to dig deeper into the roll of freesia in the perfume industry, check out this awesome blog called Perfume Shrine. *Caution* if you are interested in flowers and perfume, this site may consume the rest of your day.

I pulled several varieties of freesia from the coolers here on the farm, so I could get up close and personal with the different colors. While working hands on with these beauties, I also found that the different colors also smell differently. Some are peppery and sharp, others citrusy and tart.

Previously on Flower Talk, I covered how we grow Freesia on our farms... hint: you don't just toss the corms into ground.

A Freesia hoop house, ready for harvest.

Freesia has so much personality, yet, I don't think they are as well know in the flower industry as they should be...help do you part to change this.

Check out this video off one blooming, this will be the coolest 41 seconds of your day.

Another nice aspect of freesia is the stem length. you can get really long stems from Sun Valley which gives designers a lot of options for tall dramatic arrangements, and of course we also offer shorter stems, for wedding and bouquet work. The elegance of the tall stems are really something to experience.

Color-wise, white freesia is the most popular variety across the industry, but the saturated, warm tones of the other colors are gaining popularity, since their are more and more color options becoming available.

Freesia are also versatile. I like to combine it with our Telstar Iris, for a simple yet elegant presentation. The tall arching stems of freesia, balance the arrow-like straightness of our iris. Using a white or yellow freesia creates a bold contrast to the classic Telstar blue.

Freesia are available year-round at Sun Valley, and like all flowers, we have production times where a lot is coming to harvest at once. Right now, Freesia is enjoying it's time in the spotlight, grab a few boxes for the scent and few boxes for the color and have some fun.