I used to not really care for Gladiolus, but have come around. I have 80 planted this year and my very first stalk is just about bloom. I can't wait! 😍
Im also in ky. I bought glad bulbs to plant this year and brought them home to show my mom. The first thing she said was " why did you buy funeral flowers?" I was so sad :( I think theyre beautiful
Hey there!! SOOO GOOD to hear your voice again!!! ❤❤❤ I LOVE Gladiolus!! And those dark purple ones are EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL!! I agree, dark and mysterious!! 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
I have 1 that bloomed late because I planted it first week of August and it's soo crispy white soo eye catching!! I have to stake them alot. I get my bulbs at doller general 6 bulbs for 2$ and they work great as if they came from a catalog. There 60 cents for 6 now 70% off and I grabbed 3 boxes!! They will sit till next summer and be just as good!! Same with my seeds there 8cents now and they will be just if not better when I plant them!! FYI when I store them in my car from Sept to Oct they grow extra buds on them so now I have idk 20 more🤣🤣. That purple one is one of the colors I have alot of. The sky is the limit when it comes to flowers! I love your channel very informative!!
I grew glads in quantity for the first time last year with blooms from June until frost! A wonderful bonus to growing them is that I saw some American Bumblebees (endangered or almost endangered) for the first time! In addition to regular glads I planted hardy glads specifically Abyssinian Glads. Such graceful plants and needing no staking. I was so inspired I made a video “Glad for glads.”
I've always seen them listed as zone 8, but they are so dependable here, I don't even bother to dig them up. I wonder if some varieties are more tolerant than others. Thanks so much for watching!
Could be. I just bought a random mixed bag of bulbs a few years back. No idea the variety. I have never dug them up and they come back and even multiply! Thanks for the videos.
Yep I'm with you here. I grew them for the first time this season (in Australia, so I'm digging them up now). First, I was shocked at how beautiful they are in real life. I grew them as a trial and handed out bunches to friends, and second, I was surprised at their reaction! They LOVED them and wanted to buy bunches regularly. So I'm on board the gladdy train and ordering more... Great video, showing their gorgeous, delicious colour range..
Love glads! I brought a bouquet into the office with some glads and someone said it reminded them of funerals. I said I wouldn't know, I haven't been to a lot of funerals...
Kia ora from New Zealand! And yes - I LOVE gladiolus! I am about to place my order for our spring planting and the video was extremely helpful. I am sticking to the block colors and had decided on purple, white, pink and the lime green one - but seeing how lovely your purple glads look with that gorgeous yellow, I think I need a yellow as well. Thanks for another great video - and your pronunciation is spot-on!
I love gladiolus and planted 130 of them in a raised bed. I think flower farmers just prefer cut and come again type of plants. Nicole at flowerhill farm NY sings the phases of gladiolas.
😮Mesmerized! That deep purple and all the other peach - pink colors, soo beautiful! You got me! 😄 I am only growing a few dwarf varieties in a pot, because that's all the place I have left.. Should make place for some big ones next year 🤗 Your pictures and footages are beautiful, love them, thank you! Greetings, Judit
Super video - I had thrips galore in my front garden last year. Those I left in the ground are coming up now in my Zone 5b garden! My cooler shadier back garden glads were in perfect shape last year while the front were decimated. Strange, right? I’m going to take your advice and do the bleach dip on my remaining gladiolus going into the ground this year. Thank you!
I planted 50 mixed glads this year all at the same time. I thought that they would bloom all at the same time but they seem to just come one color at a time. Kind of odd. My favorite was a peachy one with a yellow throat. So gorgeous! Yours were of course stunning as well.
Mine all seemed to bloom within about a week of each other, but there's actually still one that I'm waiting on - it hasn't even formed flower spikes, yet! Thanks for watching!
Lovely collection 💜👌There's always something to learn from your vids 😊 I only have one variety of glads called "Far West" which brightens my garden every year with its vibrant colours (yellow and dark pink)
I bought a landscaper special of gladiolus and have ugly glads popping up everywhere that I immediately pull. Well at least I can come see your beautiful ones and get some inspiration! I did have a few from last year, no thrips. I store them in coarse vermiculite and sulfur powder. It works great on all tubers and corms.
I tried to buy a bargain mix last year, which unfortunately, led to my huge thrip problem - lol! I've never tried storing them with sulfur powder. Thanks so much for watching!
Can you describe the "ugly glads" ? How are they different? I don't know the difference between landscaper glads, and the others. Altho, I am very curious...
@@gardengatesopen It was supposed to be a beautiful mix of colors but it wasn't. Just the same muted dusty pink brown that you can hardly see. I got 100 of this "mix".
hey were great and I never had to stake them. What would you suggest to plant with them or in front of for support? I can't believe anyone would find these enchanting, elegant blooms offputting.🤷♀️ 🌺Love your channel, it's very helpful and therapeutic ! Happy gardening!👩🌾
I think glads are making a come back for cut flowers as I've seen many on RU-vid growing them. The Forte Rosa is gorgeous, thought they would be perfect with the one white ones at the end that had the coral centers. I live in North Central IN (zone 5b) and I had a bag of glad bulbs to plant, but could not find them until a couple weeks ago, so it's a bit late now to start them. I doubt I will remember to give them a bleach dip before I plant any next year, but good to know, in case I do!
I'm so glad, lol! I really do enjoy them. And yes, the 'Mystic Eyes' and 'Forte Rosa' are a perfect color match for each other - gorgeous! Thanks for watching!
The ones in this video are all technically past when I should have cut them. Ideally, I wait for the color to begin poking out of the green part on each of the florets. Hope that helps!
I came across a bag of Glads I bought some yrs ago and forgot about, they're so much prettier then the pic on the bag. The flowers go up the stem 20", just measured. They aren't as pretty as yours tho. Have you seen Danielle at North lawn flower farm, she has great tips on cutting them apart to use in arrangements.
Hi. Can i ask how many hours of sum your glads have? Or more or less the location in your garden? Full sun, shade, or half shade? One advantage of lift your gladiolus at the and of the season is on the next season you can do a succession planting every 2/3 weeks and maybe you can match them with dahlias. Stay safe.
I presprouted glad bulbs indoors about 2.5 weeks ago, and now they are really tall! I'm not near my last frost date zone 6a last frost, some say May 10, some say May 15-20. How do I know when to plant out? Thank you
I'm still learning different flowers, so I've probably seen these around and thought they were snapdragons.. But I'm thinking snapdragons have much smaller flowers..?? And what about delphiniums? That may be the wrong name, but I'm pretty sure there's one more that looks like these. Lol
I think the easiest way to identify some of the different flowers is to look at the foliage. Gladiolus always have those tall spiky looking leaves. Thanks so much for watching!
I love Glads 😍 so I planted loads. first time growing them but unfortunately the thrips have attacked them all 😟 not sure if I should just pull them up and throw the corms away? The flowers when they appear are just all mottled. Did u just leave yours in the ground when u had thrips if so did they grow back ok? ☹️
I've read that thrips can be controlled with a period of cold treatment. Since it gets cold here in the winter, I just left them in the ground. The infected plants from last year came back and about half of them had beautiful blooms - the other half haven't bloomed, just lots of green foliage. Dipping the corms before planting really did make a huge difference this year. Hope that helps!
I haven't grown any Glads, but I have heard you and other YT flower growers talk about dipping them bcuz of the thrips. I'm very curious, is this bcuz the larvae live inside the corms? Or do they live on the outside part of the corns? Or is it something else? My uneducated guess would've thought the larvae would live in the soil. But apparently this is not true. Do you know?
Your glads look so beautiful :) How do you stop it from being eaten by animals? All mine in the ground have been eaten by rabbits and all in the pots are gorgeous!
I've never had an issues with rabbits. I think my cat manages to chase most of them away before any damage can be done. Maybe a lightweight row cover could help as they're getting established? Good luck!
Are you considered a flower business or do you just grow for home use? I've been looking into getting bulbs wholesale and it seems you need a business license so I was wondering if you had one as well
I just made a post about where I buy my bulbs over on my "community" tab. I'm just a backyard gardener, so I don't have access to wholesale catalogs either. Thanks for watching!
