Freesia flowers are said to signify friendship and thoughtfulness, so it's no wonder they make an ideal cut flower or potted plant gift for loved ones.
The herbaceous perennial flowering plants are in the family Iridaceae - that's Iris to you and me. The dainty trumpet-shaped flowers were first recorded in South Africa by Botanist and plant collector, Friedrich Ecklon, during the mid-nineteenth century. He named the flora after his teacher and 'friend' Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese. Nearly 200 years later these pretty little plants, also known as 'Cape lily-of-the-valley' are still fashionable and favoured.
