Glads Question

I planted some Glads this year for the first time. A couple of questions, some of my plants are falling over I planted the bulbs 4-5 " deep any ideas why. Will each bulb flower more than once? They flowers are really beautiful wish I had planted more.

Paul

Hi Paul

Sound like you planted them deep enough, but you will have to stake them as the flower tend to get heavy and fall over.
I use peonies cages for mine, and plant in large groups rather than in rows.I also stagger planting every week so I have some blooming every week till fall. I hope this helps. Mike

Just what I was gonna say Mike,ya beat me to it''LOL I don't have cages just use the sycamore twigs when they fall,hate throwing anything away and it looks more natural in my gardens' Mine are Chief(bright red) Sis''

Paul, the bulbs should multiply, esp. if you add 1 tsp. per bulb of bone meal well mixed into the soil beneath them. The bulbs each produce one flowering stem per season. I am in zone 6 also, and dig mine each fall. Like mike, I plant in groups so I can support them when they start to flower, and also stagger plantings so I have a succession of flowers. This year, I have blues, and whites from a DG co-op, along with some earlier pinks and apricots. Can hardly wait until I have blooms, as I got them in late.

Glads Make me Happy

Michele
I just started cutting my glads, my wife says they really brighten up the house.
This is the first year I've grown them, going to do alot more next year.

Good Luck on the stop smoking program.

Paul

My glads fall over also. Especially if the flowers get wet. As soon as a few flowers open I cut them and bring them into the house.
Then I don't have to look at them laying all over the garden.
But I just have a few dozen large plants, not hundreds.
If I go out to eat, I always take a bunch of flowers to any restaurant I go to. They really have a good time with unexpected flowers. But they better not have ants!
Sue

sue, you are truelly a good neighbor and a giving individual. i'm sure god blesses you each and every day.
debi z

Here is a tip from a wise old gardener about glads. Take a wire clothes hanger and straighten it out, put it in the ground by the glad and use the crook part to hold the stem up.

Thanks Crutland
Paul

I planted a glad this spring that produced 18 peachy-pink blooms! It was the first glad I'd ever tried and it was drop-dead gorgeous. I planted a second bulb this summer and it has produced one stalk and I see another one is about to open. Smaller flowers, pink and white, but still pretty. I have a web site of the flowers that grow in my yard. You can see it at

http://home.cfl.rr.com/pamj/Flowers/index.htm

Click on Flowers and then on gladioli.



This message was edited Monday, Aug 20th 9:21 PM

Paul...I just read this hint the other day....plant the corm as normal except 6-8 inches deep...keep an eye on it and keep adding soil as the stalk grows through...keep adding more soil until it is back at garden level. I don't have to dig my corms...so I think they would be buried too deep to grow here, but zone 6...do you dig....this might be fun to try. I can't find the tip right now so will come back in and edit if my memory has failed ( again!!). I had dark fuchsia and peach...wonderful bouquets. Dee

This message was edited Monday, Aug 27th 12:01 PM