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Gladiolus
Gladiolus is native to tropical Africa and areas around the Mediterranean and Middle East. It is believed that gladiolus plants were first brought to Europe in the early 18th century. Around the 1820s, gardeners began to seriously cultivate gladiolus and create hybrid varieties that became very popular in gardens and as cut flowers.
Around 1837, new green, brown and purple shades of gladiolus flowers were developed in Belgium. In 1870, the French introduced a newly discovered species with deep purple streaks. By the 1880s, German and other European plant breeders had developed over 2000 named varieties of gladiolus, which first appeared in American nurseries around 1891 and became wildly popular.
There are 255 species of gladiolus and the plants range in size from two to five feet tall with elegant trumpet-shaped blossoms that grow in a double row along the stem. You can find hybrid varieties with ruffled, wavy or frilled petals and the flowers can be found in every color.
- Mediterranean and British gladiolus flowers were used by herbalists to treat physical ailments.
- Some parts of the gladiolus plant are poisonous if eaten by humans or animals.
- Some species may cause skin irritation or allergic reactions when touched.
- Gladiolus roots were used in England as a poultice for drawing out thorns and splinters.
- Powdered gladiolus roots were mixed with goat’s milk to soothe colic in babies.
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Field Gladiolus, Gladiolus italicus. I found this first wild Gladiola sheltered by a wall, it will be a while until there are meadows of gladiolas blooming.
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Saat-Siegwurz, Gladiolus italicus . ich habe diese erste Gladiole nahe an eioer Trockenmauer gefunden wo sie vor Wind und Kälte geschützt ist. Es wird noch eine Weile dauern bis es ganze Wiesen von Gladiolen hat.
Signifying strength of character the very sight & scent of #galdiolus #flowers is good enough to gladden a gloomy person.
Easy-to-grow the #gladioli #bulbs are often called #SwordLily due to sword shaped #leaves.
#Macro #photography sans costly macro lenses.
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Sanguisorba tenuifolia ‘Atropurpurea’ (rear right); wild senna, Senna hebecarpa (rear left); hollyhocks (front, not blooming yet); purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea; galdiolus; and a few other things.
The stump that formed the center of this garden bed has mostly rotted away, leaving a grouping of flowers. The garden across the street is maintained by another master gardener.
Plants include wild senna, Senna hebecarpa (far left); hollyhocks (righ); purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea; galdiolus; Coreopsis verticillata 'Route 66'; Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'; and a few other things.
Most of the glads I planted this spring have toppled over from the weight of the flowers and should have been staked. This one, however, is standing up nicely.