We all are familiar with the plebeian Gladiolus , an all too common florist flower often seen in funeral sprays , or in summer garden show in bright colors . But , there are a stack of wild specie available ( mostly from seed ) 163 coinage , to be exact , most of which are native to the wintertime rain areas South Afirca , and most , are tummy suitable for a cool nursery in the northerly hemisphere . I call up I am truly becoming addicted to these fiddling known mintage .
One of my favourite is Gladiolus tristis , a fragrant winter blossom species which will not blooms until March , for us here in New England , but it you survive in California , many of these species can be with child garden plant . Two long time ago , after planting a sess of G. tristis bulbs in September , and irrigate them , I was surprised with a flush stalk , which arrived just after the foliage emerged . apparently , a dissimilar species of Gladiolus had become assorted up with the G. tristis , and what I had first describe and G. huttonii , I now think is the crepuscle blossom G. priorii . SInce it either blooms in October , or even as late as January , and , they flower dangle , looking down to the ground .
I ’m still not certain , but these things are often muddy , since there are few books which show all of the many Gladiolus species , and even fewer that show photographs . I am relying on the WWW web site of the Pacific Bulb Society , which has an awe-inspiring internet site with many member images of interesting bulbs . I suggest that you consider joining them , since not only are they favorable and fun , they have an amazing web of agriculturalist and fans , who are all very active on pipeline , and in exchanging seed and bulbs of rare and hard to discover geophytes .
This moth-eaten , January morning , I was again , surprised to see a undivided blossom stem of this salmon colour gladiolus , which had nuzzle itself in a Nerine undulata umbel . With all of the ice and bitter cold out of doors , these colour glowed in the sunshine that was reflecting off of the coke . Later in the yr , this same dope will have a dozen or so fragrant stem of G. tristis , but for now , it brightens this very parky sidereal day , and pull in winter more interesting .
Some Gladiolus tristis from last year , which flower in February and March . As you’re able to see , the intact plant is more ticklish and less gimcrack than it ’s gaudy cousins of which we are so intimate with . These are truly coinnoisseur Glads . THe scent of these G. tristis are beguiling and crazy rich , but only at nighttime . During the day , they are almost scentless , so plan to convey a pot into the firm on a cold , March evening . These , are from last year . Gladiolus tristis can be arise , both in the summer , or the winter ( from different lineage , either constitute in the gloaming , or in the spring in pots in the north.).While reckon in my files for the G. tristis images , I was lost for a few moment in the folders entitled March . Such fresh image of spring , are so hopeful , are n’t they ? At least from the snowy perspective of mid January .
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