Nicole! Ugh! Every time you talk about a flower I think ohhh I need those (or more of those in the case of gladiolus). First it was lisianthus and now I need more glads. 😂. You are an enabler! 😂😂😂
Well....now I have 500 bulbs coming, no idea where I can even plant them but they look amazing and I really want to attempt to do a small cut flower self serve stand to see if I have any success. Thanks for encouraging my flower obsession! So happy I found your channel!
Love this video! After my father’s death, I randomly stopped at a small florist shop and bought the most glorious bouquet of Glads! . My dad loved flowers and always said “don’t bring me flowers when I die, bring them to me when I’m living. I bought that bouquet in his memory and it made me smile! I am definitely growing gladiolus this year! Thanks for the great info!💗🌺
You have just helped me realize why I haven’t been passionate about growing flowers, I have some for pollinators but I’m obsessed with growing vegetables. When you spoke about the memories for some people I started to tear up and got that lump in my throat, as much as I love flowers the memories are painful. When I was young I lost my teenage sister, two years later I lost my teenage brother, I just realized how much I associate gladiolus (and other flowers) with loss and pain, there were tons of them around during a painful time ! Well I’m 55 yrs old and my daughter is starting a flower and vegetable farm (that’s why I started watching) so I’m going to face my painful past and plant some glads in memory of the beautiful people I have lost !!! Thank you for helping me 🙏🏻
I love watching you light up as you talk about flowers. It makes me happy just watching. My father has black silkies too. And sunscreen. Pasty white is far more healthier then rapidly wrinkling and skin cancer. Besides us northern girls just need a Victorian parasol while out among the flowers, like they used long ago to protect themselves from the sun.
I LOVE this channel and seriously stock it everyday for new videos! True, authentic, witty and funny ..... I can’t get enough of you. People are drawn to you because you don’t hold back! Of course you produce gorgeous flowers too 😍💐but the combination of your humor and flowers coupled with your production skills makes the perfect collaboration!!! Keep being you Boo! And doing your thang’!
Never thought about growing glads until I watched your video. Your videos are addicting and so inspirational. One day when I have my acres I’ll know just what I need to know when it’s time to grow my cut flower gardens. Thank you so much for sharing.
Well, you convinced me! I haven't had glads for several years but I'm gonna have some this year!! You're killing my gardening budget! I also "want all of the things"!
Omg!! Now I can't unsee the opera singing glads! 🤣 my first shipment of glads is on the way! You sold me on them. I can't wait to use them in my bouquets. 😍
We've planted 100 gladiolas in our home garden. I am so looking forward to their magnificence! We're in Zone 6b (Massachusetts) so they are not winter hardy but so far growing hardily and I am hoping for some beautiful bouquets. Love your channel.
I love Gladiolus!! My grandparents were florist and I remember the gorgeous sprays of glads they would arrange for Memorial Day. I find myself just smiling when I watch your videos, not to mention the outburst of laughter. You’re becoming one of my favorite RU-vidrs! Have a good day!!
The color of my first Glads absolutely shocked me the first time they bloomed. They were those salmon-pink color and were the definition of “pop of color”.
your dad talks with the exact same inflection as you! That is so awesome. I just love your personality and how you explain everything so fun and enjoyable. love the video!
Thank you for the wealth of information, one of the most captivating YT posts thus far. This is my first spring planting Gladiolus (Central Valley CA) but you have inspired me to plant more. Blessing to you and your family.
Thank you for this video! My dad, When he was alive, used to go to a farmer's home to buy glads for my mom and me. I always got first choice of which I wanted. They were beautiful! All of your information is much appreciated!
I adore glads too! I have loved them since I was a child. They're magnificent and stately in any landscape or bouquet. Love your bouquets, sweet disposition, and adorable sense of humor. Keep up the great work and good luck in your new endeavors! ❤
I literally just bought some gladiolus! I've never grown any before and thought "what the heck". That 'Jessica' is stunning! I'm really looking forward to seeing yours in bloom. 😃
So excited for the challenge! As a small wedding florist , I would recommend using a strong floral wire. You could twist them around the stem as needed and it would blend in . Good luck!😂
Always makes me happy to see how enthusiastic you are. I have gladiolas Coming in April. My mother had white ones in her bridal bouquet. They had them arranged in such a way that they trailed downward in the front of the bouquet. She loves them.
I'm sitting here trying to get caught up on some work this evening and I'm laughing my butt off, you are hilarious and educational! The best of both worlds.
Nicole, you put smiles, grind and laughter in your video. I am so happy that you accepted the challenge of the Dame Edna. I totally forgot about her and my hubby goes "who"? When he saw the pics.....he just laugh. 🤣 We forgot she loves glads. Oh, boy !! Can't wait for that day. Hurray !! Great blog ! Very detailed 😃
Dear Nicole, we have more than the 'love' of flowers in common, 'Dame Edna' is fantastic!!! She is one person who makes me laugh alot. Thanks for the video friend.
I do love gladiolus. But, the flower I am looking forward to seeing in your garden this summer is the bearded irises. Bearded irises bring back my childhood.
Omg, I grow this every year in my front garden, we live on the main drag in a rural area. When people ask I say they are dame edna’s Gladys! I live in a rural area and the lady from the local nursery stop by one evening to ask me. “What the heck are dame edna Gladys?”. I showed her a you tube video. “Omg they are gladiolus!” Last spring I walked into the nursery, there was a picture of dame Edna above the bulbs. They were labeled “Dame Edna Gladys”, wave your glad!!!
OUCHIE! Bless your heart! I hope your boo boo heals quickly, Nicole! Did you just make the sound a thrip makes??????? Now I have to go buy MORE gladdies! Your videos are spectacular, especially the outtakes! Can you tell I love puncuation!? Happy Gardening, sister!
I love the old gladiolus and have been adding to my collection. I am in zone 7 and they survive the winter. I am inspired to dig some corms up. Now I know when to cut them - always waited too long. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you Nicole....I grew a few gladiolus last summer and I loved them...so did the hummingbirds!! I too can't wait for glads this summer!! I've been collecting them :)
Ahhh I have wayyyyy too many seeds and wayyyyy too many flowers and I definitely don't need more but all of those are SO gorgeous, especially the last chocolatey purple ones! Maybe next year when I have a better idea of my space and kick out some of the things I like less.... I can't wait to see your Dame Edna!
Gladiolas are one of my favorites, I always buy a bunch at the farmers market when they are in season. I haven't been able to get them to grow well in my garden yet but we're trying again this year.
Perfect timing on this video! I’m in Phoenix 🌵so my glads have been up for a little bit now. I can’t wait! Of course, by the time you are harvesting yours, my garden will be a literal hot mess so your Dame Edna video will be very appreciated over here by then. Anyway, in addition to the traditional glads, I also grow Abyssinian Gladiolus (also called Peacock Orchids). Have you ever heard of them? They are just as easy but the flowers have a different shape and are white with a gorgeous dark purpley red throat. So pretty and one of my faves. I have only grown mine in the landscape so far but they would be glorious in a vase. Thanks for keeping the videos coming. You’re awesome! 🌻🌷🌹
omg I thought I would get a little tutorial but instead I got the best information and the best laugh ever!! You are amazing, thank you for your energy and sharing with such enthusiasm! I love gladiolus and I love how much you love them too!
OMG - you are one in a million - and that's a good thing !!! thanks for all the info - I'm planning on a cut flower garden on our new property and all this info is so helpful and your enthusiasm is extremely infectious & inspirational. I can't wait to get started. And thanks for the buying info - will definitely check 'em out !!!
Nicole, you are the first person to make me excited about my glads. We bought a house last summer with beautifully curated gardens and I’m (not so patiently) waiting to see what unfurls this spring. This fall, I dug up so many gladiolus corms (zone 6b). I’m ‘glad’ 😉to say I have 400ish in storage waiting to be planted next month. Thank you for getting me excited about them. You are inspiring. Question though, what do you do with the cormels?
Lol! From now on every time I see a glad, I will think it’s singing to me! I love that! And that flyer looks like it was made specifically for you. Wouldn’t that be something. Love the video Nicole! ❤️❤️
I have one growing it’s showing pink I planted it last summer in a pot .Its 54f in Brighton England today 36f at night. I hope the others grow too they are just the leaves at the moment. Love your channel your so infectious
I remember my great grandmother having them in her flower bed. I never really got into growing them because you know, zone 4b. The one thing I do remember about gladiolus is that Drop Dead Fred is allergic to them (my kids watched that move a million times). I’d like to try growing them sometime. Maybe next year. Thanks for sharing such details. ☮️-Kirsten
Girl you are the only one I can watch twice and laugh even more to your silliness😂And can I add I was just like “Oh wait did I order enough gladiolus”? Lol
Nicole, I’d love to see you do a little experiment and leave a few in the ground over winter. Like me in northern Michigan, zone 5, you probably enough snow to insulate them. I understand your succession planting plan for the cut flowers, but perhaps you could try a few when you create the new landscape around your porch.
In the thumb here in Michigan and my mom is begging me to come dig up her glads and take them because she left all hers in the ground and they keep coming back every year. My mom LOVES her mulch so that might have something to do with it.
I love this video!!! The focus on an individual plant is so fun! Question- have you ever started early glads inside to get a jump on the season? I’m thinking of giving it a try this season!!
I have not. I tried growing them in a crate to extend the season but they didn't seem happy in there. I could have paid more attention to them and forgot to water a couple times.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!!! YOU REMIND ME OF MY BEST FRIEND EXCEPT YOURE ALSO A FLOWER FARMER! THANKS FOR DOING SO MANY AMAZING VIDEOS. YOURE INFORMATIVE, HELPFUL, AND FUN.
Received an order of summer bulbs yesterday including glads. I'm planting them in the flower bed around my deck to bring the hummers close. Was going to wait until after our last frost date - March 28 - but I may go ahead and plant some this week. Thanks for the information... and the amusement.
I know these are considered annuals in my Zone 5 garden, but my neighbor has a patch of these that he says - and I've seen - they come back every year. I usually grow these in a pot and toss the bulbs out. I'm going to try and plant them deeply. Have you heard of this happening before in colder zones?
Dame Edna! Haha I saw her 20 years ago at the Met Opera on New Years Eve with my grandma. I had no idea what to think of drag queens when I was 10 years old, but she made an impression! Thanks for bringing up that memory, even not flower related!
Love it! Beautiful blooms to brighten our winter day! Dame Edna and Nicole - it’s an Epic Rivalry!! 😂😂 How much ☕️☕️ did you have before filming this video? Now I have to order glads!😂😂
I've made big floral headdress before - like over a foot tall. A few tips: make a strong wire frame that fits around your shoulders, cover it with felt so it is comfortable, use a piece of elastic and sew it down every inch so it gives you a bunch of stretchy loops, then you can tuck the stems into the loops. Good luck! Really looking forward to seeing it!
I had such a much-needed Friday chuckle, actually more than a chuckle, watching this today!!! Love your tips and love glads too! I plan to follow your close planting advice with no nets-yay! Need to get my biz license ASAP so I can order wholesale from Nagle!
I'm much better you silly 🤪 girl after laughing my but off I'm at work and was bored waiting for my flight to arrive until I watched 😅 your video you are great 👍 thank you for making my day.
I love love love Gladiolus 💞 I'm also growing 'Rostov' this year! 🤩 In addition to that I ordered a quite similar variety 'Jakoetsk' but all of them, except one, were moldy when I got them. I will cherish that one - the survivor 💪🌸
Thank you for teaching me more about growing Glads. They are my favorite flower. My Gramma had a large flower garden and sold them at a farmers market. I used to help her harvest them. She used to split bulbs somehow with other bulbs to make mixed colors. Are you familiar with that? How?
Thanks for all your info and sharing ! Hope your boo boo heals soon. I'm curious about your strategy for soil health with glads... do you use cover cropping or certain amendments to make it ideal for them, and do you plant them in the same place each year or plan to rotate patches? I'm planning to plant in some phacelia cover crop a few weeks before planting my glads in so they help feed the soil and theyre also a pretty flower.
