Gladiolus 2009 -2010

[bulborum]

Hans

they look most as Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. byzantinus
do you have a picture of the bulb

Roland

[Hans J]

Roland ,

Thank you for the ID

I will try to remeber when I replant ....

Hans

[Lesley Cox]

Maggi, would it be possible to put these recent picts and notes about Gladiolus, in the Gladiolus thread, just to save a little confusion at some stage?

 Edit by maggi... it's been done !

[Regelian]

Maggi, would it be possible to put these recent picts and notes about Gladiolus, in the Gladiolus thread, just to save a little confusion at some stage?

A great idea.  Gladiolus is, for me anyway, a confusing genus of plants with little recent literature as reference.  I would love to see a resource, such as we now have for Epimediums (thanks McMark!) and Polygonatum (thanks to Aaron, and quite a few at this point!  see where this can lead).

Manno, I love this forum!     

[bulborum]

You are right

I just mentioned it there as an example
for name confusing

Roland

[Maggi Young]

I agree, Folks.... I was just waiting for the discussion to slow down so I could get "moving"!  I'll get on that now  


so, here we are, merged into a pre-existing 'Glad' threa ..... what  can I say... I hope we are all "glad" about it!!   

[bulborum]

Thanks Maggi

Here it belongs

Roland

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very "Glad" Maggi - thank you ! 

[PeterT]

My Gladiolus autroviolaceous was bought from Janis a few years ago, it nearly died keeping it dry I had only two pinhead sized cormlets from the good corm he sent me, It has spent the last two very wet summers outside in a small clay pot, in sand, with pots of crocus, and flowerd this spring, Gladiolus tristus is hardy here after the coldest winter for ?40 years, but I think that there are fewer flowering corms and the cormlets coped better with the cold,
Please can anyone name this Gladiolus which is in flower at the moment and was grown from seed?

[PeterT]

In flower now is Gladiolus caeruleus.  Seed originated from Silverhill Seeds.  Does not seem to increase very much and so far has never set seed.

Mike

I have sown this several times, no results yet it looks very lovely

[Lesley Cox]

Gladiolus can be tricky from seed. I've sown some and had good germination and others from what should be reliable sources, with never a sign of even one. G. alatus comes to mind, though others grow it from seed successfully.

[PeterT]

Yes, G alatus does come to mind  but it has flowerd, dont know if its still there though

[Maggi Young]

For you Gladiolus fans, I have noted an interesting post made by Tony Avent in the pbs lists t about a book he has found online......
http://www.archive.org/stream/gladiolusstudies13beal/gladiolusstudies13beal#page/n5/mode/2up

 This is an old publication from Cornell university in 1916 of studies of Gladiolus species by Alvin C. Beal .

[bulborum]

Thanks Maggi

I missed this one from Tony
very good book
a little outdated but with very good text

Roland

[Lesley Cox]

I love those books you just click on the page to turn it.

Yes, it looks like a very nice book. I love old books too.

A few years back I bought a book by Tony Avent, called, I think, "So you Want to Start a Nursery" or something like that. It was my first Amazon purchase. I knew a lot about starting a (small nursery) and wanted the book because for some reason I thought it was going to be a barrel of laughs and humour. It wasn't, so I was badly disappointed. Gave it away in the finish.