Garden blooms/New Gladiolus pictures on the wiki
Dell Sherk (Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:40:17 PDT)

Jane McGary wrote:

I was surprised when visiting Crete last month to see how robust G. italicus
is there; it (like the tulips) obviously responds well to the chemical
fertilizers that, according to conservationists, are being over-applied and
killing off the famous orchids.

The famous orchids of Crete? How intriguing! - and disturbing.

Dell