Re: tough & easy Gladiolus?
"Sean A. O'Hara" wrote:
I've seen some gladioli in our area (California, SF Bay Area) that seem to
> make very good garden subjects. I always see them in great quantity, and
> often in poor sites (parking strips, poor exposed soils) but thriving
> none-the-less. This form is peachy-apricot colored and medium to short in
> stature (and therefore holding itself up easily). I've left a note at at
> least one house where I saw them in flower, but with no response. Does
> anyone in my area (or in other areas, if my description was clear enough)
> recognize what cultivar this might be?
Dear Sean,
About 12 years ago we grew summergrowing gladiolus in commercial
quantities. One species 'Priscilla' still returns in this field as a
weed and flowers amongst other farmcrops. It is rare that gladiolus
hybrid persist like that and I firmly recommend this one as 'tough and
easy'.
Priscilla:Its base colour is apricot with dark pink blotches and ruffled
edges.
Frienship(white form) is an other cultivar that persists but to a lesser extend.
As a wintergrowing glad try Gladiolus communis ssp byzantinus and you
will be with you forever.
Nan Sternman wrote:
Can anyone suggest a US source for Gladiolus tristis and other
species gladiolus?
In fact the same can be said for G tristis which can spread rapidly by
its small bulbils. Flowersize bulbs are available here from July to
end of october.
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