Gladiolus italicus
Habitat: sunny places
Flowering: late spring
Height: 70 cm
Width: 20 cm
Soil: gritty, well drained
Habitat: sunny places
Flowering: late spring
Height: 70 cm
Width: 20 cm
Soil: gritty, well drained
A large group consisting of hundreds of cultivars and varieties with flowering habits ranging from densely packed spikes to more open few-flowered forms. Flowers are open trumpet-shaped and showy and open from the bottom of spike upwards.
Gladiolus italicus comes from around the Mediterranean, where it is quite often found on cultivated land. It has a few tall, narrow leaves, and a spike of 5 to 15 flowers, usually a very bright deep purplish pink, occasionally paler pink.
1 bulb £4.00