GLADIOLUS COMMUNIS SSP. BYZANTINUS BULBS/CORMS MAGENTA COLOURED PERENNIAL

“GLADIOLUS BYZANTINUS”GLADIOLUS COMMUNIS SSP. BYZANTINUS

• CATEGORY GLADIOLUS
• VARIETY “BYZANTINUS”
• DESCRIPTION MAGENTA BLOOMS
• BLOOMS SUMMER
• HEIGHT 60 CM
• SIZE 6/+
• QUANTITY PER UNIT 10- 100

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

GLADIOLUS BYZANTINUS PRODUCE BRILLIANTLYSTUNNING MAGENTA COLOURED DELICATE FLOWERS WITH NARROW WHITE STRIPES STOOD ATOPTALL GREEN STEMS. HARDY BY THEIR NATURE, THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE FORNATURALISING. MULTIPLYING YEAR AFTER YEAR TO GIVE A LARGER DISPLAY. THEY AREONE OF THE EARLIEST OF ALL GLADIOLI, FLOWERING FROM AS EARLY AS MAY THROUGHOUTTHE SPRING SEASON TO JUNE.

PERFECT FOR PLANTING IN GARDEN BORDERSAND ARE EXCELLENT AS PART OF A CUT FLOWER DIPLAY WITHIN THE HOME.

GLADIOLUS LEAVES ARE EQUITANT, WHICH MEANSTHEY OVERLAP AND UNFOLD LIKE A FAN. THE SHOWY BLOOMS ARE DENSELY BORNE INONE-SIDED SPIKES ATOP WAIST-HIGH STEMS. THE FUNNEL-SHAPED, SIX-LOBED FLOWERSOPEN FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SPIKE UP, WITH MANY OPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY.

PLANT THIS PERENNIAL IN SUN OR PARTIALSHADE AT LEAST 10-15 CM DOWN IN WELL-DRAINED FERTILE SOIL. ONCE PLANTED YOURGLADIOLI SHOULD GROW WELL WITH LITTLE ATTENTION. ITS EASE OF CULTIVATION MAKESIT A FAVOURITE WITH THE AMATEUR WHO ONLY HAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPENDAMONG THE FLOWERS. IT IS A PLANT THAT ANYONE CAN GROW AND IT IS A PLANT THATWILL GROW ALMOST ANYWHERE. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW PLANTS THAT SEEM ALMOST TO TAKECARE OF THEMSELVES.