On 23 Jun 2009, at 16:07, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > I don't have Rodger Whitlock or Mark McDonough's luck > growing Alliums in the garden. I notice the absence of the word "good" before "luck". Is it possible that every garden falls into one of two categories, excessively friendly to allium and hostile to allium? Is there no middle ground? > But I'd say the star of the garden right now has got to be a low growing > hybrid Gladiolus. > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… It > probably is a named cultivar, but no one has told me which The unnamed G.n. is one I've seen somewhere, but don't have the name. I will keep my eyes open. I'm pretty sure it's NOT "Atom". PS: Mary Sue's white Gladiolus x colvillei illustrated a little ways above her unnamed G. nanus cultivar is "The Bride". -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island http://maps.google.ca/maps/…