Freesia laxa Lavender Lady Woodsia is one of the best

is one of the best

it doesn't detract from the lovely floral show

The dense clumps of narrow green pitchers are streaked with red toward the opening with a red flush around the hood

and we've spent the last decade trying to propagate enough of this fascinating curiosity to share

often starting as soon as early July

Freesia laxa Lavender Lady Woodsia is one of the best(aka: Anomatheca laxa) Freesia laxa 'Lavender Lady' is a 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a unique new lavender flowered form. This little known, summer dormant iris relative, native from South Africa to Kenya, was only discovered and named in 1971. The only colors we've known to be available commercially are scarlet and white with a red dot. Our original seed for this unique color strain are from Texas gardener, JoAnn Trial. In our trials,