Smelly glads

Michael Mace mikemace@worldnet.att.net
Tue, 04 Feb 2003 22:41:08 PST
Cathy wrote:

>>A glad with a fragrance would make you a multimillionaire, I should think.
Too bad they are so bright and big and beautiful but don't smell like
anything.


If I were going to work on the summer ones, I think I'd try for thrip
resistance first.

Because of the thrip issue, I haven't grown summer glads much.  Didn't
realize they had no scent.  From my amateur point of view, it seems like
that ought to be an easy characteristic to pursue -- some of the
winter-bloomers are very fragrant (Gladiolus tristis, for example -- athough
you have to smell it at night).

Mike
San Jose, CA (zone 9, min temp 20F)


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