Gladiolus

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Fermi

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« Reply #75 on: October 30, 2018, 02:35:15 PM »
Gladiolus carneus is a common "dwarf gladdie" in southern Australia. It can be very vigorous in Melbourne but it hasn't been quite as ebullient here. This little clump is coming into flower while its foliage is already drying off! It mightn't do that if we grew it somewhere which gets more water (although it was a very dry start to spring this year)
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« Reply #76 on: October 31, 2018, 07:33:38 AM »
That is very pretty Fermi....any perfume? Reminds me a little of Gladiolus callianthus....
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« Reply #77 on: October 31, 2018, 09:36:06 AM »
It's quite a variable species; we grow a rather pinker form, from IBSA seed - as far as I remember it doesn't have much if any scent.
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Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society

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« Reply #78 on: October 15, 2019, 11:15:51 AM »
This little gladdie appeared in a "community pot" of stray bulbs after repotting a few years ago. It looks like Gladiolus alatus, though I don't think I'd ever had it in my collection - a bit of a mystery
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« Reply #79 on: October 15, 2019, 12:42:29 PM »
What a beautiful surprise Fermi.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

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« Reply #80 on: October 16, 2019, 07:32:47 AM »
Yes indeed a beautiful surprise and a beautiful flower, such an unusual colour. 😊
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« Reply #81 on: October 16, 2019, 08:14:25 AM »
Lovely surprise (and definitely alatus!)
Alisdair Aird
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« Reply #82 on: October 17, 2019, 01:38:38 PM »
Yes, a pleasant surprise - I just hope that now that I know what it is that it doesn't decide to become difficult to keep! Sometimes ignorance is bliss  ;D
Gladiolus virescens has gone from strength to strength since flowering in 2014, grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield in 2008
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« Reply #83 on: August 27, 2020, 02:55:52 PM »
These gladdies have been posted in previous years and are performing well again:
Gladiolus abbreviatus
Gladiolus watermeyeri
Gladiolus gracilis
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« Reply #84 on: August 28, 2020, 12:51:23 PM »
I love all your photos Fermi. They come just the right time. We are 'baking' here and yours postings bring such freshness.   Thank you.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

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« Reply #85 on: September 04, 2020, 05:24:46 AM »
Gladiolus tristis

A postcard sent to me by Sally in February this year

The photo by Davina Michaelides shows one of the plants growing in Sparoza garden

This very plant is mentioned in
REMEMBERING A GARDEN ON A GREEK HILLSIDE- SPAROZA 1979-80:
 PART 4 SPRING 
By Graham Kendall
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 97, July 2019
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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« Reply #86 on: September 24, 2020, 03:59:53 PM »
This is Gladiolus virescens ssp virescens which is a bit greener than the Gladiolus virescens I've posted in the past (which is yet to flower this year). This one came from Greg Boldiston who used to run a Nursery called "Longinomus" in Lancefield,
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« Reply #87 on: October 11, 2020, 03:49:52 PM »
Gladiolus meliusculus doing well this year
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« Reply #88 on: October 14, 2020, 01:02:58 PM »
Gladiolus meliusculus - a paler version grown from seed from the NZAGS seedex in 2008
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« Reply #89 on: February 08, 2021, 12:03:37 PM »
Gladiolus saundersii is flowering for the first time.
Grown from seed from the SRGC 2017 Seedex sown in April 2018, so less than 3 years to flower.
I've had to keep it in a tray with frequent watering during the summer
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Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
member of AGS, SRGC, NARGS
working as a physio to support my gardening habit!