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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 24 inches (30-60 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Other: bright magenta purple
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Corms
Other: best planted in fall
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Gladiolus dubius x Gladiolus italicus

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Common names
  • Byzantine Gladiolus
  • Gladiola
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Gladiolus x byzantinus
  • Synonym: Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus

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Location: My garden 
Date: 2023-04-05
Byzantine Glads
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-05-03
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2009-05-15
The tend to flower only occasionally in the UK, a nice surprise w
Location: Burleson, Tx
Blooming spring 2011
Photo by David_in_KS
Location: Coastal WA 8b
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-04-09
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-04-09
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-18

credit: Meneerke Bloem
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-04-15
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-04-15
Photo by sugarcane
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-06-25
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-17
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-19

Date: 2018-05-24
Location: Test garden 
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-01
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-24
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-18
Location: Plano, TX
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-28
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2017-03-30
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-06-15
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-02-22
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-02

G. communis subsp. byzantinus. Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs
Location: Plano, TX
Location: in my garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-06-07
Location: Test garden 
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: Test garden 
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-27
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: May 1, 2011 3:06 PM
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