The Main Plant entry for Gladiola (Gladiolus)

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Flowers:	Showy
Underground structures:	Corm
Uses:	Cut Flower
Propagation: Other methods:	Offsets Corms

Common names

Gladiola

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Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2023)
Date: June 30, 2023
Gladiolus #80 nn; LHB page 282, 37-18, "Latin for 'small sword',

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2017-06-17
plants must be staked

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-06-02

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Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2021
Glad collection

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-06-09

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-07-04

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-02

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-31

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2019-08-10

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2016-06-24

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Location: Clarksville, TN
Date: 2018-08-20

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2007-07-28

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-05-31
Gladiolus 001

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2012-06-03

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Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-07-24
I'm surprised! Blooming here in hot and humid Florida, end of Ju

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Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2019-07-03

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: June 17th, 2014

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2014-06-16

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2017-08-05

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Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2022-07-02

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-02
Gladiolus 011

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-21
Gladiolus 014

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-08-28

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-10
3 gladiolus

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-24
Gladiolus 007

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Location: Blaine TN
Date: 2018-06-25
Straight and tall (before the rains!)

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Location: My garden HW frt of W flory
Date: 2018-05-05

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Location: Carbon Hill, AL
Date: 2016-06-07
Glads

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-07-05

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Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-08-17

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-07-16

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Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Date: June 1, 2023
I just moved to Indiana and this is in my garden. Have no idea wh

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Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-19
Round pot

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Location: In our gardens in South Amana, Iowa
Date: 2012-07-21

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Location: Our gardens in South Amana, Iowa
Date: July 2012

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Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: August 6, 2022
Gladiolus #80 in and # 11 fg; LHB page 282, 37-18, "Latin for 'sm

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-24-07

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK - my backyard
Date: 2016-06-04
Dark purple gladiolus

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-24
Gladiolus 006

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Location: Blaine TN
Date: 2018-06-21
They shine in both sun and shade

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Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2012-10-19

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-07-12

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Location: Carbon Hill, AL
Date: 2016-05-26
Glads

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Location: Carbon Hill, AL
Date: 2016-06-01
Gladiolus

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Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2018-05-23

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-07-26

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Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-06-18
gladiolus bouquet

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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-07-17

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK - my backyard
Date: 2016-06-27
Gladiolus, yellow

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK - my backyard
Date: 2016-06-30
Gladiolus, yellow with red throat

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK - my backyard
Date: 2016-06-10
Pink ruffled gladiolus

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-07-11

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Location: Carol’s front garden
Date: 2018-05-24

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-10-23

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 22, 2013 11:53 PM concerning plant:

"Gladioli are half-hardy in temperate climates. They grow from rounded, symmetrical corms, that are enveloped in several layers of brownish, fibrous tunics.

Gladioli are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Large Yellow Underwing.

In temperate zones, the corms of most species and hybrids should be lifted in autumn and stored over winter in a frost-free place, then replanted in spring. Some species from Europe and high altitudes in Africa, as well as the small 'Nanus' hybrids, are much hardier (to at least -15°F/-26°C) and can be left in the ground in regions with sufficiently dry winters. 'Nanus' is hardy to Zones 5-8. The large-flowered types require moisture during the growing season, and must be individually staked as soon as the sword-shaped flower heads appear. The leaves must be allowed to die down naturally before lifting and storing the corms. Plants are propagated either from small cormlets produced as offsets by the parent corms, or from seed. In either case, they take several years to get to flowering size. Clumps should be dug up and divided every few years to keep them vigorous."

Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

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Plant Events from our members
dragonfetti	On May 1, 2015	Plant emerged
dragonfetti	On March 1, 2015	Seeds sown Planted several in 'Old Man Gulch #1' bed.
chelle	On July 22, 2015	Harvested First 35+ out of the batch of eighty.
chelle	On May 2, 2015	Transplanted Mix of 80, old veggie patch, N and W edges of raised bed.
piksihk	On June 23, 2023	Transplanted Transplanted red glads and purple glads near agapanthus.
piksihk	On May 20, 2022	Bloomed Dark purple - back fence
piksihk	On August 14, 2021	Bloomed yellow - east side border
piksihk	On June 9, 2020	Bloomed fuchsia/white at WG; Laura found on ground - cut and took home
piksihk	On May 24, 2020	Bloomed Yellow with reddish stripe - 2 bloomed; another bloom 6/8/20
piksihk	On July 17, 2019	Bloomed Lovely pink fuchsia WG white barrel planter
piksihk	On July 15, 2019	Bloomed yellow - HW -
piksihk	On May 18, 2019	Bloomed round pot; yellow with red thin stripe; HW frt bed/dining room - a dark purple
piksihk	On July 17, 2018	Bloomed Side bed HW- yellow
piksihk	On June 6, 2018	Bloomed two yellow with a dark stripe on petals (one was supposed to be Jester);
piksihk	On May 5, 2018	Bloomed dark burg/fuchsia in side bed/Ali's/frt of W. Flory
piksihk	On July 4, 2017	Bloomed Yellow (was supposed to be jester) HW bed
piksihk	On April 28, 2017	Bloomed Dark purple under the pecan tree with crocosmias Burg red in front of Walter flory
piksihk	On May 17, 2016	Bloomed Dark purple, fuchsia, and yellow (not jester); the fuchsia ones at HW; vista and purple in window boxes
BlueHole	On February 1, 2018	Potted up Divided bulbs that were planted with asiatic lilies. Had not proliferated like the lilies, but there were some new bulbs and definite growth in size.
SkirtGardener	On May 22, 2020	Obtained plant enough to share
paleohunter	On April 20, 2022	Potted up
paleohunter	On March 27, 2021	Potted up Glad Mix
WebTucker	On July 31, 2022	Plant emerged
WebTucker	On July 14, 2022	Potted up

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Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Wow! by plantladylin	May 5, 2013 4:38 AM	3
correct id? by robertduval14	Nov 2, 2016 9:32 PM	1
correct id? by robertduval14	Nov 2, 2016 9:51 PM	3
Very pretty, question about species by purpleinopp	Apr 29, 2017 6:30 AM	0
Gladiolus? by pepper23	Jul 23, 2023 9:02 AM	7

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