Freesia Fucata - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds The Patio Vegetable Collection The pods split open allowing

The pods split open allowing the seeds to fall to the ground

or sometimes used in a soup called pepperpot soup

containing toxic calcium oxalate crystals

rhamnoides (common sour berry)

In areas with a marked dry season

Freesia Fucata - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds The Patio Vegetable Collection The pods split open allowingFreesia is a genus in the Iridaceae of about 14 species from southern Africa, mostly from the winter rainfall region of South Africa. Freesia fucata is an early blooming fragrant species that is white flushed purple with yellow markings. It is found on clay slopes in the renosterveld in the southwest Cape. USDA Zone 8 Season to Sow Autumn Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South African indigenous flora.