Beauty of Gladioli Flower

Les glaïeuls sont de grandes fleurs et se composent de multiples fleurs ....

Gladioli are tall flowers and are composed of multiple flowers. They stand up to 4 feet tall. It is mainly grown in South Africa, Europe and Mediterranean regions of Europe. This flower is available in a variety of colors like white, pink, purple, yellow, orange, green and salmon.

Gladioli are a gold standard in the florist trade, but they are so easy and economical to grow at home that any gardener can enjoy these showy blossoms. Avid glad fans often fill entire rows or garden beds with these colorful corms for the sole purpose of growing them for bouquets. But if the tender glads bred for cut flowers are too flamboyant for your tastes, try one of the resilient winter-hardy varieties, which are equally lovely and can remain outside year-round (see examples in our list of 18 stunning garden bulbs). Whether you wish to fill a vase with magnificent cut flowers or to keep your glads in the garden among other perennials, you’ll find a range of striking varieties in nearly every color of the rainbow.

Botanical name:

Gladiolus xhortulanus

Common names:

Common gladiolus, garden glad, and sword lily (because of the long, pointed leaves)

Zones:

Perennial in zones 8-10. Can be grown as annuals in zones 2-7. Some G. nanus types are hardy to zone 4 or 5.

How they grow:

Although you will often see glads labeled as “summer bulbs,” they are herbaceous perennials that grow from bulb-like corms covered with a fibrous papery skin. Unlike spring bulbs, glad corms are sensitive to freezing temperatures and must be dug up in fall and stored until planting time the following spring. In mild climates, some hardier glad hybrids can be left in the ground over winter.