Freesia laxa

9th August 2022

Freesia laxa

This little African corm, known as Flowering Grass, has now acquired a relatively simple name; it was formerly Anomatheca laxa, Lapeirousia laxa, Lapeirousia cruenta, and Freesia cruenta having started out in 1823 as Gladiolus laxus. It seems to seed itself around freely in gravel even in a cold Oxfordshire garden.