freesia

[Pictors <jpictor@seidata.com>]

I need some information on growing freesias. I have foliage, but no 
flowers. I tried out a small number of seeds and a small number of 
bulbs, and I think I followed the accompanying directions for both. But  
the bulbs are busy multiplying and the ones from seed have formed no 
bulbs yet.  Two questions: I am wondering if they had too high a 
temperature in late spring? And if the ones from seed are just not 
mature?

Three more questions: How do I treat them now (summer), and in  fall, 
and in winter, so that they will flower next spring or summer?  My idea 
was to sell them in bloom or ready to bloom, for customers to plant in 
the ground for the warm season. Can they be transplanted?? Or can 
freesias in zone 5b/6a only be grown in pots??

Thank you.

Jane N Pictor
Jane's Gems Herbs & Flowers Greenhouse
Bateville in S.E. Ind.