glads blooming

My glads are starting to bloom.

Beautiful

That's "Comet" isn't it?

Mine don't even have buds yet. =(

Cheri'

gorgeous. we had really strong rains which fell on the buds and now that they're opening they're damaged. Not "picture worthy". I did some staggered planting, so maybe the next batch of my Mon Amour will have pretty blooms.

I had some glads that were damage by chemicals. they are blooming but look terrible.

I adore glads. I can't wait for mine to bloom to see what I have. This is the first year for most of these that I have now.
Your's is really pretty.

Very pretty. Our second planting is just up. First planting is 12" tall. Rest will be planted in a week.
Our first should bloom in early July.
Bernie

here is ONE pretty bloom of Mon Amour purchased at Walmart this spring. Just when I was thinking the the 2nd batch was going to be picture-worthy, we've gotten another rainy spell and blooms don't look so hot. The only chemical I used on these was bloombuster fert. because it was recommended on a glad website I visited. Hopefully it is the rain and not the fert. that messed up my blooms. GRRRR

Vossner, that is a beaut. Funny you should mention that. I used some fertilizer one some of my glads and they looked terrible. I ended up cutting them down.

gorgeous!

Could be thrips. Don't see why fertilizer would mess them up. Glads use lots of nutrients, so fertilizer should make them better.
We bought Wal Mart blubs last year & had thrips to no end.
Up here they freeze out in winter, we treat our bulbs when we store them, so thrips had to be hauled in. So we blame the new bulbs.
Bernie
Google "thrips, gladiolus" You will get all kinds of info.

This message was edited May 30, 2005 5:30 PM

That is a thought. Although these glads are a couple of years old and we fine last year. They looked fine until I sprayed foliar fertilizer on them. I just thought it was damage from the spray, even they I spray in the evening when the sun is not so grueling.

Mine seem to come back each year - except they get top heavy and fall over :-) I have not planted glads since spring of 2003

My first Gladiola Bloom of the year.
I'm amazed at the 3 budded stocks coming from the one plant

wow pretty wild and pretty beautiful, dovey

Hi Vossner,
Have you ever had a glad do that?
It's a first for me

Cheers
Dovey

no in fact this is my first year every w/ glads. thought I'd try them out. Happy I did, even though most of my blooms so far seem to have been damaged by excessive rain. No matter, next year they will be stronger and prettier. May even add some more.

Zonal envy

ahhh smiln,
Can't you grow glads in your area?

Vossner,
I love the soft yellow and pink of you Mon Amour. Very Pretty.
I have no idea what the name of mine is.
I dug them up when we were getting read to move and everything got mixed together.

It could be Can Can, but I'm not sure.

Mine doesn't even have the blooms on them yet. Maybe I am wishing too soon lol. *pouts because I love them so much and excited to see them bloom*

Magwar,
It is exciting isn't it? I'm sure yours will be blooming soon.
I take photos of each new bloom in our garden and email them to my husband so he can share the excitement with me.

Dovey

here is an un-named glad blooming now for me. My first glad of the season!
Lousy pic, I know.

Cheri'

Wow, Cheri, that one is a beaut.

Cheri,
That's stunning!

that is truly wonderful

Thanx! I was totally surprised by it. I had no idea it was going to be so nice.

Cheri'

Dovey: I have my fingers crossed. I am in major suspense waiting on them to bloom lol.

do glad bloom just once? This is my first year growing.

do glad bloom just once? this is my first year growing.

Yep, once is all you get.
Which is why some people like to stager the planting. Several planting at 2 weeks apart can keep you in blooms the whole summer.

only once a year, but what a great once.

Cheri'

oh that's fine. I was just curious. There was a discussion somewhere (don't remember where) about how staggered planting works the first year, but the subsequent years they all grow together, I guess they get into the same biorythm. OK by me, just thought I should add that comment here.

Mine, BTW, stayed pretty straight , except a couple that got bent following hard rains. So I didn't need to support them in any way. Will the plant grow bigger overall over time? because if that is the case, I will definitely have to use some kind of support next year.

Wow vossner - mine are coming up at different times - maybe the exposure they have because the ones with northern sun have not sent up stalks yet. Mine have been in the ground for several years though and they appear to be blooming at different times.

well, maybe this isn't accurate. I repeated it third-hand, not my personal experience. Next year I will be able to confirm one way or the other and it will be from personal experience.

vossner, my experience is that each 'kind' comes up and blooms at it's own time, but I may have 10 different kinds of gladiolus. So, I'll have glads blooming for a long time, but not the same kind. Ya know what I mean? Maybe short pink ones bloom first, and before they are done some red and white ones are blooming. Followed by ruffled purple ones and tall pink ones, Etc. Etc.

Anyway, as to height . . . once the plants are mature they won't get taller over the years - at least, not much. Tall glads get really tall and shorter ones stay shorter. Yours will prolly get a bit taller next year than this, simply because they will have spent a year in the ground getting comfortable. After that, I wouldn't expect further increases in height.

But I'm no expert. This is just my experience.

Cheri'