Should I re-plant Glads that are leaning, or will they come up more upright next year? For many years I had them in OH where they always had to be excavated for winter & replanted in spring, but I have little experience with a permanent patch. I can't tell if I planted some of them sideways or upside-down, or if it was just the weather (strong winds) that made them go sideways. TIA!

Is there not anyone who leaves Glads in the ground permanently?

There is a permanent batch in my mum's garden. Unfortunately I can't tell you if the bulbs will re-orient (I am rarely there when they are flowering) - probably the only way to be sure is to wait and see what they do next year.

I leave my galds in the ground year round, each year when they come up they all lean. I have always just attributed it to the tops being too heavy with blooms for them to hold themselves up.

Thanks for the comments! Some of mine were clearly planted sideways, at least I assume that is why the foliage started sideways and stayed that way. I like the idea to observe next year. I'm very good at waiting to make further observations, especially in this heat...! And, like you said, Larry, many of the upright ones went for a lean when blooming anyway. Gorgeous pics!

Tiffany: I don't know how you are planting them, but up North here where I am, I have to plant them in tubs, staggered plantings so I have them for a longer time, because it is so much easier to pull them, for winter storage. In your case, I would still consider some type of circular planting in the ground, where you can perhaps put a tomato wire cage on top of same, which will keep them from falling over. Cheers!

I'll take more notice of mine as they bloom but top heavy does sound very possible. I had to move so many that I'm sure some ended up on their sides or even upside down. These bloom the first week of August.

Thanks, Frank! I stored Glads many winters when I was in OH, I remember it well. Are you not able to just store your tubs with the bulbs already planted? If you have room, that would be less work. Do you also keep the tiny ones or do you just keep the biggies?

I like having a reason to cut flowers & make a vase bouquet. Glads are one of the few things in the yard that I have planted with that intention, and the leaning ones clearly wanted to get my attention as bouquet-worthy. :+)

I was just curious if they do eventually naturalize into an upright, more sturdy state if planted straight & left alone for a few yrs. Probably a lot of variables involved in trying to answer that. If trying to consider from the plants' POV, leaning could be a great advantage, a strategy even, placing ripe seeds a couple feet away, and near ground level where they could be less likely to be noticed by birds.

Arlene, it does look like a couple of yours made a turn right near the level of the bulb, as if they knew they needed to to get to the sun ASAP.

Tiffany, I have to pull mine, and store same in sawdust/shavings over the Winter. Works quite well. Really, the bulbs are so cheap I am not certain if it is worth the effort to pull them or leave them in the ground? As for the bulblets, total waste of time. Cheers! PS. Still worth any effort when the beautiful plants finally emerge, and that's why it is a good idea to stagger the planting of same, rather than all at once.

i have a few that i replanted from moms yard and when they bloomed i noticed that they tilted to the east.
have some bulbs , should i plant them or store until next year ?
big lots has new packages of them for $3 .

I would plant them now.

I agree.

I concur with both Pirl and Seedfork! Buy them and plant them now. In your zone, you can grow them year-round without pulling them. Again I reiterate, put a $.99 cent tomato cage around them to keep them mostly pointing toward the sky, AND, they are meant to be cut for vases in the house, before they are in full bloom. Do it, you will not regret having done so. Cheers!

For what it's worth, these Glads look normal now. Foliage is 6-12" up, straight up. How often is "do nothing" an actual solution?! Yay!

@cuzzx what did yours decide to do? Anyone else?