Freesia laxa Rainbow Xeriscaping Plants a truly delightful container specimen

a truly delightful container specimen where it isn't winter hardy

Growing in one of the flower beds was an unusual form of the Mexican Sedum palmeri that seemed to be a tetraploid

Silene caroliniana

This can be done most anytime of the year

Freesia laxa Rainbow Xeriscaping Plants a truly delightful container specimenOur 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