Texas Gardening: Gladiolus 'Peter Pears' - Ideal conditions?, 0 by GD_Rankin

GD_Rankin wrote:
In general, my experience has been that when something says "full sun" that don't include south Texas. In most cases I've found that translates into "some sun with plenty of water and shade". . . . so . . . Is it just too warm down here? Or too early in the season for these? Or both?

Back in mid May, I picked up a package of these bulbs one day while getting some Elephant Ears to put along an East facing rock wall next to my house. That area gets a little direct sun early in the AM, then it's filtered until noonish then shaded the rest of the day.

I added a row of these right next to the wall then placed the Ears out a few feet and added a couple of Tropicannas (small plants - not bulbs) out another couple of feet in front of them.
The Gladiolus were the first of the bulbs to emerge and they shot up like weeds. Soon after the Ears came up and everything continued to grow fine.

At this stage, 2 months later, the Elephant Ears are doing great and the Tropicannas seem fine, but haven't bloomed yet. Where as the Glads are starting to all fall over from their own weight (I guess?) and don't show any signs of blooms.

I water this area fairly well each morning and the soil is a sand base with some potting mix added where the plants are.

I'm just curious if anyone else in this general area has any of these and if so:
1. When do they start to bloom?
2. Are they in "full sun" or not?
3. How are they doing so far this season?
I'm just guessing here, but I'm thinking that the Glads may need more sun and less water? Should I relocate them now or just leave them and see what happens?
This 1st image was taken one month after planting. At that stage the Glads were standing erect and seemed to be thriving. Now they're all lay'n down and are definitely lacking something. I'll add a current pic next.

TIA
GD