Glad pictures from darius' co-op, let's share our successes!

Pricilla - Pretty, isn't it? More next week. Anyone else have pictures to share?

I have glads blooming now, and keep thinking that I need to take pics but by the time I get done watering and what not it's too dark. I'll make an extra special effort to take the pics this weekend. I DO want the pics for my jounal also. Thanks for the reminder. Glads are so beautiful and I'm really enjoying them now and want pics to look back on throughout the long winter.

Here's a few of mine in a vase...

Plumtart - this one does NOT come through as rich in picture

Blue Sky (I think)

Here are some of mine!

Comet - deep purple with yellow centers. These were the first to bloom and are just about over

Here is one growing alongside Comet- a bright red with yellow center. A surprise!

Plumtart

Pricilla

Last One: Not sure if this is the right name, I have written it down as whitepros

Sue, those are wonderful! I think the white must be White Prosperity. Here's the description: White Prosperity - Creamy white with hint of yellow in throat and pink stamens.

The other white was Frosty White, a pure white.

White Prosperity, that's the one! Thanks!

Oh boo hoo! None of mine are blooming yet. One looks like it's ready though. I did plant them late. Will they still bloom?

celia, I planted some last year in early July. Most bloomed but not as large as usual. PLanting late really doesn't give much time for the new corms to develop so you may have smaller blooms next year as well.

Some bone meal sprinkled around the top of the ground around them now will help a bit... and in the spring when you re-plant them, be sure to give them bone meal then too. Just remember it will burn the corms if they sit directly on the bonemeal. I usually mix some in the dirt at the bottom of the hole and cover it with a half inch of dirt before placing the corms.

Got it! Thanx!

i love all the pics - i would love to have one of every color DH and DS's love them. tried them once several years ago, but only had 1 of 10 come up and none the following year. not sure what i did wrong. my aunt (Lenjo) gave me a bouquet of them over a week ago, and we enjoyed them for days - thank you Aunt Joann!

sewmom - first time I tried glads, none of them bloomed. I tried again with these from darius' co-op and I have been VERY successful. The ones that she ordered were large size, very good quality at a wonderful price. What I do recall - these need a lot of water during the big growth spurt, and believe me - one week they're tiny, another week a foot tall. Here I will have to dig them up for the winter - so, if you'd like, and you think you can store them over the winter, I'd be happy to send along some of the purple or purple and white ones after I dig them up. I'm gearing up to grow a LOT of them next year - along the white picket fence, the view from the street is wonderful and so many people have been appreciative. They really clinched it for me - that *I* can grow a nice flower garden.

Here's "Jubilee", orange with a yellow throat.

This one is "Pioneer"... a red red.

I feel really guilty but I never dig my glads.......

and they always come back......some have been there for 4 years,making tiny babies......

I have NO clue why.......
watch,next year they won't come back........

Karyn - do they flower every year?

Crestedchik, I don't dig mine either and winters here get to -20F or lower. Often there is no snowcover and the ground freezes and thaws all winter. Plus they are in a low spot in my yard so they are sitting in water for weeks at a time in spring. I never get around to fertilizing them and they grow and multiply and bloom every year. I always plant them deep, at least a foot, and I think that might help.

Yay! got first bloom. But can anyone tell me which one this is? I didn't think I ordered anything with this color. The colors are actually more cream and peach, not yellow and purple/pink.
Thanx for your help.

Spic n' Span is peach with a pale creamy center. (The photo looks like a washed out Comet, but your description says otherwise.)

A few of mine looked washed out, but not an entire batch of one color. I assume it has to do with soil and nutrients somehow.

I did not know darius was having a co-op on glads. Where was it originally posted?

Yup they bloom,in fact my ones from the co-op are not blooming yet ,but the ones I have left in the ground are....and I have accidently dug some up in the spring sometimes and the bulbs are HUGE!!!!!

And we get to -25.......

Thanx Darius, I went back and found my list that I ordered. I have both. I'm so excited to see if any other bloom this summer! Thanx again for introducing me to these beautiful flowers by doing this HUGE co-op!!!!

All of mine bloomed and are long gone. It never occured to me to keep photos of them. I had some to set a seed pod on the ones that the wind had blown over and I left them. When the flower was gone it made a pod like a daylily. I brought it in and am going to see if they sprout from any of the seed. The seed are a little like a amaryllis seed only smaller. Has anyone ever planted the seed?

woodspirit - Darius did this last year. We're enjoying them now. If you check back in the Feb/March timeframe, you can probabably see the postings.

Karyn - to leave or to dig, to leave or to dig. I'd love to leave them, but I would probably cry if they didn't come back up. Maybe I'll do an experiment and dig my favorites (just in case) and leave the others to see what happens. I'll try to super-mulch the ones that I leave. They're only about 6 inches deep.

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I was thinking of trying the same thing. Leave some to see if they make it, but dig up favorites so as not to lose them all. Great minds think alike! LOL!

Sandra, and celia: I encourage you to research how to store them if you dig them. I've had some dry out and be worthless. I forget now what to do, and since I don't dig them, haven't bothered to find info. again.

Darius - good point. These are some resources that I found ealier

http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/horticulture/g852.htm
http://www.gladiola.com/glads.htm#when
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/hort/g06620.htm

Bottom line - 4 weeks after last flowers, dig very carefully, dry in front of fan for a few days, dust with fungicide, storage 35-45 degrees, dry (either screened box, hanging pantyhose), vermiculite.

I'm inclined to try boxes with peat moss for simplicity. Probably some losses, but I'll definitely be buying more next year.

Ditto that! That is I think I'll try the box method. Just not sure where I can store them at 35-45 deg. Garage is detached, so too cold. Maybe attic. I'll have to use a thermometer and watch closely.

Do you have an extra refrigerator, say maybe one in a garage that you use for extra party beverages? I wonder if that might be a good storage area, or would they get too dried out?

We do have an extra fridge in the garage. But you mention that the bulbs might get too dry. Maybe misting them occasionally. Oh sure, like I'll remember. LOL I could try it though.

Darius: Jubilee is beautiful! I love the multi colored ones. I'm so thrilled with the red 'surprise' that is mixed with our 'Comet'. I look at it every day, it just pops out.

Celia: Spic and Span is wow wow wow. On my list....

I have a yellow coming up across the yard. Never remember planting them....I'm sure I got them in a trade. Funny thing is, the blooms are facing the fence!!!

I grew some from Darius too. They looked great -- but were sort of flopping about a lot instead of staying up straight. Any tips to help this?

Alyssum, in general, glads tend to flop if not staked. Many of mine from the co-op grew taller than I am, which is 5'3". I also discovered they flop more if they don't get enough water. I watched one that had bent over nearly double come back to nearly fully erect overnight after a good watering.

i didn't order any glads because i didn't want to dig them up. i had left others in the ground for this reason and they had come back, but we had a very mild winter and i attributed it to that. well last winter was the coldest i can remember and for long periods of time and didn't they come back up. now i'm wishing that i had bought some. oooooohhhh bleek are you having another co-op????? :)

Sbarr -- We have similar gardening taste . . . those are the exact 3 varieties I ordered. :)