An Early Gladiolus
Judy Glattstein (Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:33 PDT)

In between the downpours (1.45 inches of rain today, great mushroom
weather) I visited a friend and we looked at this and that in his
garden. One "this" was a clump of narrow leaved, fuchsia pink gladiolus
in bloom. It seems rather early for them to be in flower, don't you agree?

He e-mailed me a couple of pictures, taken with his cell phone shortly
after I left. David Pilling very kindly put them up on the Mystery Bulbs
page. I apologize that they're somewhat fuzzy, I'll try and get back in
the next couple of days and get some better ones.

My friend doesn't remember when they were planted but it was clearly
before last winter. And they've made a nice little clump. He would like
to have a name for them - anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks in advance for your sagacious advice.

Judy