Double White Freesia Bulbs – Fragrant Cut Flowers

Bring soft floral fragrance and elegant white blooms to your garden or home with Double White Freesia. Clusters of double, trumpet-shaped flowers rise on slender, leafless flowering stems, making them a lovely choice for patio pots, borders, and freshly cut arrangements.

Choose Your Pack

Select 10, 25, or 100 bulbs. Freesias grow from corms, commonly sold as bulbs. This listing is for planting corms, not seeds, potted plants, or cut flowers.

Flower Highlights

• Flower color: White.
• Flower form: Double, trumpet-shaped blooms.
• Fragrance: Floral fragrance.
• Typical flowering: Late spring to early summer, depending on planting time, climate, and growing conditions.
• Light: Full sun or light morning shade.
• Soil: Well-drained garden soil or potting mix.
• Uses: Borders, containers, indoor displays, and cut flowers.

When to Plant

The existing planting guidance recommends fall planting in USDA Zones 9 and warmer and spring planting in cooler areas. Adjust timing to local conditions and protect corms from freezing. Where winters are too cold, grow in movable containers or lift and store the corms for the following season.

Planting in the Garden

Loosen the soil to a depth of approximately 8 inches. Plant corms approximately 2 inches deep and 2–4 inches apart in well-drained soil. Group them for a fuller white-flower display. Where the growing season permits, stagger planting at weekly intervals to spread flowering rather than expecting every corm to bloom at once.

Keep soil moist but not soggy as roots and shoots develop. Once foliage emerges, maintain regular moisture through active growth and flowering. Avoid waterlogged ground.

Containers and Indoor Growing

Choose a pot with drainage holes and enough depth for planting and root growth. Use a well-draining potting mix, placing corms approximately 2 inches apart and about 2 inches deep.

For indoor growing, use a bright, sunny position, such as a suitable south-facing window. Keep the mix moist without leaving the pot standing in water. Flowering is often listed at approximately 10–12 weeks under suitable conditions, but timing is not guaranteed. Provide light support if flower stems lean.

Feeding and Cut Flowers

Apply a bulb fertilizer during active growth according to its label. Remove faded flowers to keep the display tidy. For arrangements, cut stems early in the morning with clean tools and place promptly in fresh water.

After Flowering and Seasonal Storage

Allow green leaves to continue growing after flowering so the corms can replenish their reserves. Reduce watering as foliage yellows naturally, rather than drying the plant immediately when its flowers fade.

Once foliage has died back, allow container soil to dry and move the pot to a cool, frost-free place during dormancy. In cold-winter gardens, lift corms before freezing conditions, dry their surfaces, and store in a cool, dry, ventilated, frost-free location. Check periodically and discard any that become soft or rotten.