I Bought 1000 Gladiolus! 

I'm definitely one of those people who enjoy glads in the garden but also arrangements.

I live in the Netherlands and I see gladiolas are arranged on bigger, hand-tied, european bouquets. I see them in big office windows, art galleries and award shows. Tweaking your bouquet recipe might open new ideas for your customers and could potentially change their perspective.

Are you sure your name isn't Se-green-a! 😂

The idea of glads as funeral flowers has always surprised me. They are used in a lot of other church arrangements as well, probably because, yes, they are large. Kudos for bringing them into homes, let's hope people can break the association in their minds.

Mixing the Sugar Plums with a white flower would make them pop so hard

You look FAB in your dress!

Glads make me think of weddings, my Grandpa, and hummingbird gardens. When I was a kid, i would look through the photo albums my mom had put together from the 80s. I was a 90s child. It seemed my parents, my aunts and uncles all had glads in their wedding areangements! I can still remember them, and what the flowers were. They were grown by my dads father, my grandpa, the master gardener, who loved hummingbirds and all things garden related. He would keep an incredible glad garden going to attract hummers. I was and still am obsessed with birds! I loved tje glads most as a kid because they got tall and the birds that came to drink at them would be at eye level for me to see. Since grandpa always had so many flowers there was always some to use🎉 when someone got married. Mom and dads color theme was pink, and moms bouquet was stunning with pink and white glads. Dad wore a pink cumberbun with a white suit. They were very fancy! Mom had that soft 1980s big hair thing going on. Glads are gorgeous and I need to replace mine this year!

I honestly think 2024 will be the year for gladiolus.

Thank you for editing in the pics of full flower glads. Seeing the colors of each variety along with your description is perfect.

Milka is actually a very Common chocolate brand here in Germany and around us. The brand color is exactly this light lavender. So fun!

RED is my FAVORITE bedding flower color...Think RED geraniums.. Please don't exclude red at any point in the growing season. "Clean bright red, no pink, no burgundy tones"... Sounds like the exact red I look for blood red. RED FLOWERS I feel represent life and health/prosperity and I think RED stands out the most. RED will look GREAT with pale pink cosmos in bouquets for the market stand. Mix the textures of the foliage in the bouquets as a focal point when mixing in RED flowers. As long as you take out all white flowers in the garden, which I do- exactly as you say- WHITE is for funeral (*believe me: I have worked 2 years in a funeral home)...Usually funeral flowers are lily, stock, roses, occasionally I see Glads, but Ironically the Glads I see in the funeral home are of pastel yellow for the most chosen color of glads for funerals. I sometimes see the blood red you are talking about that your husband is so kindly pushing you to grow things that don't appeal to you personally. It's true that what you like is not the only way - but I'm so glad you acknowledge you need EVERY COLOR of the rainbow. "The saturated colors where the camera can't even pick it up"- try using the RED with only deep neon magenta and bubblegum pink, try adding a bicolor magenta and light pink to the red 💐. And stick to just those 3 tones. Don't mix pastels at all with RED. Make sure no weird crazy inverse striping containing fragments of yellow or white is hiding deep in the eye of the other flower petals that will go next to the RED flowers in the boquets...No white with red- I agree that does look like Christmas. Yellow of any shade and white also get lost against the blue sky when put next to the BLOOD RED you show and are discussing... Just some thoughts on BLOOD RED....anyone else have a favorite flower color they are loyal to?

I think a lot of people have sentimental attachment to gladiolas because our mothers and grandmothers grew them. I know that's the case for me.

Love love love glads. Thank You for the Canadian resource.

I love that the Glad is an old fashion flower. Whimsical in nature, the colors are fabulous.

I do not understand why people don’t like glads… they seem amazing to me.

New subscriber here. Could you use any of the unplanted corms next to your roadside stand? This way none are going to waste like the previous year and they'll potentially bring in more people with their height/brightness as a marketing tool? Love the vast information you all give!!❤

oh yeah purple yellow red for fall, works good for red as well,

Love gladiolus.

“Finish the glads you’ve got and then you can have some more” typical dad dinner-time response 😂

Serina, you always have the prettiest dresses. This green dress is just lovely on you! I love it when you start a video with, "I'm SO excited...." :) Wishing you a wonderful growing season.

I am like so in love with your outfit! ❤️❤️❤️

If you cut the tops off of the glads they look different and people can't tell what they are. We have people ask us at the flower shop all the time what they are. Sometimes we only leave about one third of the flowers at the bottom so it looks like a fluffy ball and isn't spiky at all.

i love glads!!! soo easy to grow, and i get my bulbs from dollar tree!! i plant them in the concrete blocks around my raised beds.

Glads were my wedding flowers (all of my centerpieces as well as our cake). My mom and aunt grew them in their gardens for us. They looked beautiful! It was my aunt's idea. I hadn't ever really thought of Gladioulus before then. Now I love them!

I love glads

I’m growing Gladiolus in my cottage garden for the first time this year. I can’t wait to see them bloom ❤

Actually gladiolas are making a comeback. Many people associate with funeral sprays. But they are gorgeous. So go for it. ❤

🦋I don't know why anyone wouldn't be crazy about Glads!! 🌸My husband who never had a clue what I wanted or liked, actually came home with a bag of mini Glads. I loved them so much and I didn't have to worry about them flopping over and staking them. Such a joy🎉. Great video and I love your channel. 🌺🏵Happy 😊 gardening!!👩‍🌾

Funny enough... I'm planting glads this weekend! I have about 250 on hand and in a fit of excitement ordered 300 more this week. :) I love putting them in my tallest most dramatic vase. They are so showy that way!

I had gladiolus in my wedding. Later I found out its considered a funeral flower. It made sense to me after the divorce.

As an ex-florist, Glads were highly used in funeral work. So that is what I associate them with, but I feel like staying away from red and white would help lessen that association. The peachy one you showed was beautiful.

I find gladioli only look good if you have a massive tall heavy vase that won’t fall over and they are in one big bunch with no other flowers.

I really like how gladiolus look in my garden. You’ve shown me that I should get more than I have. Beautiful. Thanks

Northlawn Flower Farm has a great video on arranging with gladiolas, she cuts the top off and uses it a single flower i'd never seen glads used like that.

Wow! I am shocked that glads are not well liked in Canada (or at least in your market area). We absolutely LOVE them in the U.S. South. They have a good vase life and the colors are amazing as you said. Love these flowers so much!!

Literally just finished planting a 23-foot wrought iron fence line in four rows of multiple colors. My love for them started a few years back planted them along the vinyl fence in my backyard and was surprised at how beautiful they were. Ill be planting more later on this week again in the backyard. Below is the variety I got and where I'm putting them. :) I may have bought to many. lol. I have issues like you when it comes to buying plants. Also, you look lovely in your pretty green dress surrounded by flowers. I was sad that I couldn't see the flowers bloom that I just planted immediately so I searched glads to get my color fix and found your post. Thank you for including the images. I saw several that I just planted in your list. Love it! I'm visually impaired so I love being surrounded by bright colors. :) Your video made me smile. PS: Sorry if the list is weird I had it typed up already just so I could stay organized while planting. Made a color grid scheme diagram to cause I'm a werido. lol. Front yard wrought iron fence line Qty SKU Product 2 AM021210 Priscilla Gladiolus - Bag of 15 (White Center with Pink/Magenta edging) 4 AM002261 Blue Moon Gladiolus Mix - Bag of 15 (Dark Purple & Light Purple) 1 AM018844 Polar Bear Gladiolus - Bag of 30 (White) 2 AM021250 Hugo Gladiolus - Bag of 45 (Hot Pink/Magenta) 2 AM018076 Plum Tart Gladiolus (Red/Purple aka “Plum”) 2 AM005805 Purple Flora Gladiolus - Bag of 15 (Dark Purple) ------------------------------------------------ Front yard in Saint John’s Wort 2 AM020266 Espresso Gladiolus - Bag of 15 (Dark Crimson Red) ------------------------------------------------ Backyard Vinyl fence line 3 AM002543 Pastel Gladiolus Mix (Light Purple, Pink, & White)

18:00😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅 Rofl, "but they'll be sold out by then" (Serena on buying more Green Star Glads)

Omg omg finally update. Thanks for your verry hard work 😍😍

OMG. I was just at L and M Bolle and Sons yesterday picking up 150 bulbs. They were amazing. So friendly and helpful. They answered all my beginner questions. He did say they have No.3 bulbs, but they are so small no one wants them so that’s what they plant. I got 100 of the mix and 50 of the Wine and Rose. Hopefully I can get them in the ground this weekend. Thank you for all the info.

I love gladiolus! Where I live, they require a TON of soil amendments if they are going to come back the next year, as the soil is sticky clay. Live and learn…

I LOVE glads! They are one of my favourite flowers. I sell mostly vegetables at my local farmers market, but I also sell sunflowers and glads for $1/stem. People love picking their own out and making a bouquet.

Сірена, Ян, вітаю вас з придбанням дуже вражаючих гладиолусів! Всі сорти красиві! Але Сирена у цієй сукні та з цією зачискою виглядає біш вражаюче, ніж квіти! Сирена, ви - красуня!🎉

I love glads, and I think that being able to pull of spent buds at the bottom while you can still enjoy fresh ones at the top is an advantage. You do need a tall vase for them, perhaps that is what a lot of people are missing.

When I worked in a florist shop briefly in high school we used to make some very cute corsages with the blossoms. I love glads the colours you can get are amazing that deep red is gorgeous.

Those Sugar Plum glads with orange sunflowers would just make my heart so happy in person!! I will have to plan on that for my cut garden next year…(Hugo and adrenaline too…so pretty!)

I think glads are gorgeous, but they are difficult to work into a bouquet. I'm thankful for your older bouquet making video from 2021, where you show how to use them in bouquets. Also, Northlawn Flower Farm shows how to make arrangements by cutting them down. Nice assortment of colors!!!

So timely for me Serena! I found some in the back of my garden closet.. I thought I missed the plant date.. yeah! glads remind most of funerals.. well here anyways..

My friend got obsessed with glads and I'm on the same wagon ahhaa, they are so gorgeous!

I'd Love them in my landscape maybe you could sell them in pots already ready to go in the ground like a nursery if the florist don't get on board with your ideas nice back up plan.

I loved glads, but I was raised in the 50’s and 60’s and they were in every arrangement. My aunt owned her own flower shop and I loved watching her make arrangements. They are beautiful.

I recently saw a channel that opens their farm as a photoshooting location and charges for that. I think that is such a great idea.

Love gladiolus here they call them funeral flowers 💐great to bring in pollinators

How fun! Hard to arrange but very pretty flowers!

Oh these colors look so beautiful, I was interested in growing these, you’ve convinced me! 😊

Yay! Serina in a pretty dress ❤

I have a few of these in my garden. I love them! They are absolutely gorgeous!

I just love the cottage garden look about glads,not necessary inside but outside in the garden.

Excellent information. Thank you 💚

Glad lover here. You got beautiful colors 😍 can't wait to see them when flowering.

omg love glads we get ours from farmer gracy they are the best ive had love the updates x

You have convinced me to go out and buy some glads today.😊 zone 5 MTL.

I CANNOT wait to see these in bloom!!

I'm growing Costa and Cream Perfection glads this year. I typically dislike tropical looking flowers, but there are so many beautiful colors that gladioli come in that I can't really help myself. Good job limiting yourself to just 1000 corms, I bet that was difficult :)

😊 the smaller glads are really nice. I think people will be surprised how well they will fit into your bouquet stylings. Happy long weekend!

Love the blue glads!!

I didn’t think I liked them til I started growing them, now I LOVE them. They are interesting when used sparingly in mixed bouquets and you can always shorten them or cut off some of the top

You have such a beautiful way of describing the beautiful of these glads you make me want to order a thousand myself😂your excitement is contagious😂😂 Ian more more more🎉🎉❤❤

Hi Serina!😊🌸👋

Gladioli it's my 🌷🌹 and you're making such a beautiful bouquet 💐 all the best for you guys.

Glads are my most favorite flower.. would think the white ones would be perfect for weddings

Never had Glads but I really like the ones you ordered. Also love the dress you are wearing!

I think everyone will love the Gladstone, think your doing the right thing, love watching you both. You both bounce of each other, wish you could video every day. Haha

I LOVE GLADS!!! Gonna go plant them today!!

Oh my goodness the careless is one of my favorites! I,,love,, glads! Reminds me of my childhood I think lots of your costumers will feel the same

Love your enthusiasm and your channel. Just placed a big glads order for my Mom's garden. Her reservations, as with tall lilies and bearded iris, is that the staking is a pain. I'm so glad that you mentioned planting close together to help them support each other. There's so many flower enthusiasts that don't garden but do love bouquets, that I hope you continue to include them in your farmer's market selections. Glads provide that "thriller" to the thriller-filler-spiller design concept in vases as well as container gardening. If you could just continue to educate people to all the colors and hybridizing going on with glads you'd win those shoppers over. :) (try your local restaurants for larger flower orders for table vases!)

White flowers are beautiful 😍 Please plant more. A farmer's market saved my friend's wedding when the florist didn't deliver her order.

Always very informative. Beautiful dress by the way.

Love the green ones😍

Love your dress!! Should always wear this Serena! 😄 The video was great too, I can't wait to see each of them blooming. Don't forget to plant them this year 😄 Greetings, Judit

I absolutely love glads....they are a staple in my garden. God bless

I LOVE it! You bought Gladiolus! I started buying more Gladiolus too, in the last 2 years. (I grow for the fun of it!) My Dad always loved them. Yes, and I have many of the varieties you chose. I recognize the name "Bolle", but bought from a retail source. They are excellent colours. Last summer I cut a bouquet of mostly "Black Sea" (the first one) and "Green Star" and brought them to Church. People loved them. So glad you bought these bulbs. Now I might need to buy the purple/blues. I too had to limit myself. I bought mine in 10's. Thanks, Eileen 😊🍁🇨🇦🎶🎵💕

Love glads❤️❤️❤️

Hi Serina! May I just say, your dress is very pretty! Great spring color! Ok, back to gladiolus. Big butts - heeheehee! Wow, people must be mighty particular to allow a certain kind of flower to keep them away from your market. I've never heard of this; it's so weird! Love the colors you chose. Yellow is my fav, white second. Sugar Plum is really impressive. So hard to choose! They're going to be great! Have a great weekend!

Love orange🎉

Your choice is great 👍

I'm going to try glads again this yr. In the drought we've had the last few yrs. I gave up. They didn't bloom at all. But...I have 3 mixes for early summer thru fall colors. Great tip about cutting off the tips. I'll do that as I had trouble selling them here. I'm not able to keep the weeds out of them...but they're so pretty I don't care!! The funny part of this vid. is that you only ordered 1000 corms. I knew you would need a bigger fix than that!!! You look good in that shade of green, too.

Thanks for all the great info on glads! I used to have them and they were always striking in the garden. Maybe they need to be added to my new garden especially the Milka, Sugar Plum, and Adrenaline with a little Esta Bonita thrown in!!!

I just love how Team Ian and Team Serina work out so gladiolously well 🥰🥰

🎉 So lovely Gladiolus

You dont like glads but you got oretty excited , lol ! You have a ton of drive Serena. You should both do motivational work later on

I love clean white glads in a bunch. But after seeing the colours oh wow now I got to have them

I’m with you hubs, I love the reds or anything with the red in it! I also love the oranges, blue’s. Anything punchy lol 😂 I want all the beautiful bright colors after the long cold winters! I don’t even want to see white! Haha I have seen enough of that color! So come on and bring on the colors! ❤️🌈💐🌸🌼🌺

I love glads. I have tons in my yard and they are spectacular ❤

Thank you so much for explaining how to plant them, I'm trying to grow these this year. I'm creating a gifting garden to remember my mom, who passed 7yrs ago. She loved glads so I'm growing those plus Dahlia's and Zinnia's. First time so hope this works.😥😮 l am from Ottawa (Canada)🇨🇭🇨🇦 my mom was from Geneva, Switzerland and her father was a horticulturist, so she grew up working on a flower farm.

I love gladiolus! I would always ask for a big bunch of them on my birthdays growing up. Inevitably, the floral section of the grocery store would be next to the bakery section where I got to pick out my cake. The glads just seemed so magical to me and would beckon to me across the aisles. 😀 bonus that they were affordable for my parents. If there weren't any, in stock, I would pick carnations for the scent and that they looked like skirts with crinolines 😀 I will always have them both in my garden. ❤

The glads look lovely, but that dress is adorable on you!

I love glads! But I think it's partly because of nostalgia. My dad passed away when I was 9, but I have memories of them growing at his house... I love them in bouquets, but agree they're hard to work with. I usually cut the tip off to make them a little shorter, and then remove the bottom few flowers that are already open, so that I can use them in a bouquet easier (without the bottom flowers being smashed). I also love that, like lillies, sunflowers, etc. you can succession plant them, and have the harvest spread out if you want.

I'm on the fence about glads, but I appreciate hearing the positives about glads so that I'm not totally against them. (Btw, your Summer 2022 playlist has some videos added to it that I think your kids accidentally added.)

Omg I got 1000 too!! I love love love them!!! ❤

Wow!❤