Gladiulus... One of my faves..

[Riz]

i love this flower, its so prettty !!!

i will be buying the bulbs on monday, and will be planting them in the ground the same day.. It says on the packet plant before may.....

pics to come on monday... :)

I made a flower bed earlier on in the season added lots of chicken pellets and worked it well into the ground, on the same patch i scattered lots of opium poppy seeds which are now growing.. so i will add the gladiolas in the same flower bed...

[Riz]

some i grew last season ( not many colours though) this season i will get some variety...... and the glads at the front

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC05311.jpg





some poppies in the background and sunflowers...


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/gladioulus.jpg

[Riz]

i bought these today..

2 packs of mixed gladiulus

2 packs of mixed dahlias

1 pack of red hot poker

[Riz]

i had to look on the net to find out how to plant dahlias, i couldnt figure out which way up too plant it...

more pics soon.....

[Riz]

I am sorry i planted the gladiolus a while ago and did not upload any pics.. they have already started to grow in the last week, well impressed with the quality of them as well........

[Riz]

i dug a hole 5 inch deep and 12inches across and i planted the bulbs really close together, as i wanted them to grow in bunches and not single ones around the garden..

I planted them 4 inch deep and covered it with soil and gave them a good watering... and thats it !!!!

[Riz]

Around 7 days later... the shoots pushed there way out of the soil :)

[Riz]

some more gladiolus that i planted last season and are growing again ( perinnels) they come back every summer and die down during the winter....

[Riz]

some glads blooming and keeling over, they need to be staked with a bamboo cane or someting similiar, i have lots more that are just green at the moment, i have grown them in groups they are more visually striking to look at this way... and they make great cut flowers...

[~Obsidian~]

Those look rather nice! Have you figured out how to plant the dahlias yet? I grew some of those many years ago (possibly 7/8:eek:), they were BEAUTIFUL -tall, large flowers with vivid colours:sunny: They definitely need staking too.

[Riz]

thanks..

yeah only one dahlia bloomed though.. its small and very pretty, ill take a pic later :)

and the red hot pokers didnt even bloom.. win some lose some !!

[Riz]

dahlia.. only one came through

[~Obsidian~]

Tis beautiful anyway! I grew a different kind, 'Arabian Night (http://www.gardenersworld.com/plant-detail/PL00002078/8848/dahlia)' , and I think the other ones were 'Akita' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AKITA.jpg) and they grew soo tall, it might have had something to do with the weather back then.

[Riz]

wow they are beautiful..

i will be growing more dahlias for next season..

[Riz]

just had a quick look at the gladilus and they are just about to bloom.. i have totally neglected these ones and just let the rain take care of them...:sky11:

[~Obsidian~]

:flower34:

Heres a pic of one of the elusive daisies :) (one finally bloomed!)

[Riz]

lovley and yellow , love them...

the gladiulas have slowed down because of the terrible conditions over the past few weeks..

[Riz]

saw a gladilus in full bloom in the back of the garden, when they fully bloom they tend to swoon at an angle around 45degrees so when rain falls on it and collects on top it touches the floor, so its best to cane them up..

[Riz]

some more that are blooming eventually... ;)

[Riz]

some more that are blooming...

[Riz]

Cut some gladiolus from the garden to put in a vase... make sure you cut stem at an angle so there is more surface for water to travel through the stem, i have some "cut flower" nutrients so i added a capful of it to water, will probably change water every 3 days..

[Riz]

sorry about the quality of the pics

[~Obsidian~]

I'm going to grow some of these :D I've got a mixed bag of about 15

[Foz]

i planted mine last week...

i ordered some bulbs a month or so ago and had totally forgot about them! they were a bargain so lets see how well they do

they arrived last week...100 bulbs...out of them 30 of these. i put some in pots, some in the front and the rest am planning on planting in my parents house :eek:

[Tania]

Wow..100 will give you a big area full with gladiolus. I have only 10 bulbs, from which i planted 2 from mistake in a pot.

[Foz]

it was a mxture...30 gladiulus...

and 3 other varities...anemone? i think and cant remember name of other 2

[Tania]

Wait to bloom and you will know :) I am curious only about the flowers colour. I hope to see something like in Riz pics.
The 2 gladiolus bulbs: - over day the pot is out in the garden and during the night its in the kitchen
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1732/im006705.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006705.jpg)
and the colours are:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1856/im006719.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006719.jpg)

[~Obsidian~]

I planted these around my rose bushes today

[Foz]

how long do they take to actually grow? im seeing nothing happening yet!

[~Obsidian~]

I have no idea!

[Foz]

got back from work and was impatient lol so dug them up as been thinking maybe i planbted the bulbs upside down or something :rolleyes:

they are growing alhamdulillah! albeit slowly

[~Obsidian~]

How long has it been?

[Foz]

i planted them around the 14th

[~Obsidian~]

Bliiiimey, I've got a bit of a wait ahead of me then!

[farah]

http://www.muslimgrower.com/discussionforum/attachment.php?attachmentid=931&d=1219927694

wow mash'Allah^

some more gladiolus that i planted last season and are growing again ( perinnels) they come back every summer and die down during the winter....

Oh JazakAllah khayran I always thought annuals meant that they flowered all year round :)

[Tania]

The bulbs planted in march has already 3 leaves :)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5341/im006738.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006738.jpg)

I think next week i will plant the rest of bulbs

[Foz]

looking good tania!

ive got about 7 bulbs growing at the mo...will take pics later as its a miserable day here today

[Foz]

finally got round to taking a pic lol

[Riz]

well done ^

they are going to look really nice in that pot :)

[Foz]

thanks..got another lot growing in another pot! cant wait to see what colours they are!

[Tania]

A little green worm make his days in the gladiulus leaves. I have to buy something which don't affect the onions which are very close to them.

[Riz]

some of mine in a pot, i have loads more in the ground but yet to see the stem popping out.. the gladiolus never grow upright always at a 45 degrees angle, so when it rains it gets heavy and droops to the floor in some cases touching the ground.. You can cut them for cut flowers for the vase, before the flower blooms, so it slowly blooms indoors in your vase :)

[~Obsidian~]

I think mine are growing...not too sure what they are though, because I sowed the dutch irises in the same place!

[Riz]

my gladilus.. no flower to be seen at the moment, but looking good :)

[Tania]

It really looks good. One of mine made some big long leaves and i had to use a stick :(

[Foz]

looking good riz...heres mine

[~Obsidian~]

Whoa yours have alot more leaves than mine do Foz! My ones are also flopping over a bit :confused:

[Tania]

Long leaves:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4776/046twp.jpg

[Riz]

Whoa yours have alot more leaves than mine do Foz! My ones are also flopping over a bit :confused:


maybe you dint plant the bulb deep enough, its happened to one of mine i can actually see the bulb in the ground lol...

[Tania]

The 2 gladiolus with long leaves are having flowers-they are just growing now, still green but i am so curious about colours. :)

[Riz]

^ yeah i cant wait either, i love the way the flower bloom, folded up really nice and then they unravel :)


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/glads.jpg

[Foz]

no sign of any flowers on mine yet

[Riz]

^ wont be long now fozia untill the flowers pop out.. they grow from the middle stalk, if you feel it gently you can feel the stem getting firmer.. :) they make great cut flowers too, cant wait to put them in a vase indoors :)

[Riz]

my galdilous are two seasons old, even though i planted some bullbs last season too, ive had some growing in buckets for over 2 seasons :)

[Tania]

The first 2 which bloomed have red flowers with a white spot right in the middle of flower. Are cute :) Other 2 will open soon.

[Foz]

ive got a purple one...woohoo my fav colour

[Riz]

^ i have never seen a purple gladiolus before :)

[Tania]

I like so much the purple colour in flowers. :)

[Foz]

2 purple ones!

[Riz]

really nice fozia..

once again you are way ahead of me... i like the look of the purple/lilac ones :)

[Foz]

thanks riz

mine are tipping over now..think im gonna have to find something to prop them up....

[Tania]

A piece of wood fell today over my 4 gladiolus : the 2 red bloomed and the other 2 which were ready to bloom are now history.
And i was so curious to see the colours :(

[Riz]

if you are going to use the glads as cut flowers....

Cut the spikes the night before exhibiting so the flower can absorb water and recover its vitality. Place in a deep container of water and leave overnight in a cool location. Be sure they are kept in a vertical position.
A gladiolus spike for exhibition should be just approaching its peak of perfection with the bottom floret at its best with no signs of aging. About one-third of the number of florets should be in full bloom. One-third showing color, and the top florets in bud. The spike should be straight and have an even development of florets with all of them facing the front. The spike should be cut so that the flowering portion of the spike is about twice the length of the bottom portion. An exhibition spike should have no side spikes. For greater perfection at exhibition time, the grower must remove any side spikes as soon as they are formed. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h812w.htm

[Riz]

i leave my glads bulbs in the ground over winter, some gardners carefully dig them out and bring them indoors, but i DONT and NEVER have and mine have been coming back for over 3 seasons......




Digging, Curing and Storing Corms/bulbs

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h812-4.gif
Gladiolus corms should be dug at the time of the first frost in the fall. Dig carefully to retain all cormels surrounding the corm. Shake off excess soil and sort according to variety. Cut the stems just above the corm.
Cure the corms by drying them in shallow containers in a well-ventilated, warm, frost-free area for about three weeks. You will discover that your large corms are not the ones you planted, but new ones that have developed on the top of the old ones, which are now withered and shrunken. After the corms are thoroughly dried, remove the old shriveled mother corm from below the fresh new corm. It usually snaps off easily by hand. Remove only loose husks. Leave wrapper husks intact. Also remove and label the small cormels and place in a paper bag for storage for future planting.
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h812w.htm

[Foz]

got another purple one...and a reddish one..its just opening up

[Riz]

mine are slowing opening up too.. it was worth the wait :) gonna cut the stems off and put them in a vase, i have many growing at different speeds..

[Tania]

The stems are very long :) I like that.

[Riz]

some flowers are blooming :)

[Riz]

lots more that i planted in the ground 2 seasons ago, they are slowly developing too :)

[Tania]

You have a nice flower section-i like the small red flowers behind the gladiulus too.

[Riz]

got some yellow gladilous slowly booming too....

the red gladilous got so huge it was keeling over and touching the ground, so i cut and used it for cut flowers along with some hibiscus, opium heads, ornamental grass,

i need more flowers to make the vase look really busy and i had lighting issues indoors.. basically i could have done a better job of arranging them in the vase, maybe later on in a couple of weeks i will try again :)

[Riz]

some pics

[Foz]

MashAllah Riz they look lovely

what you meant to do when they dry out? Cut the stem at the bottom?

[Tania]

My gladiulus:
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1402/123vq.jpg
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2919/182ll.jpg+
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3156/195tt.jpg

[Riz]

tania and foz

great vibrant colours...


this season mine have not showed up LOL.

[Riz]

glads are blooming, well only one at the moment the rest arnt that far behind,, make great cut flowers for the vase too

[Riz]

my gladiolus are back.. this one was near bamboo bush and i just saw it today :)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/Photo0840.jpg

[Foreveryoung]

my gladiolus are back.. this one was near bamboo bush and i just saw it today :)




How could I miss such a glorious thread . It was treat seeing different stages of ur gladiolus. And am equally thrilled to see it coming back once again.
Please let us know what would be the best time to have them in Lahore ? Thank u.

[Foreveryoung]

Gladiolus ready to bloom at my workplace ....


http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Flowers/DSCN1003.jpg