New winter-growing Gladiolus hybrids, and a Calochortus

Mike Rummerfield mikerumm@gmail.com
Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:07:19 PST
Your hybrids are beautiful, Mike.

Regards,
Mike Rummerfield
Washington State

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Michael Mace <michaelcmace@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been experimenting casually with hybridizing some of the
> winter-growing
> Gladiolus species from South Africa. Some of the crosses have come out very
> nicely. To me they look a bit like Alstroemerias, with rich colors and a
> lot
> of contrasting streaks and stripes. But they're easier for me to grow. (In
> my climate, Alstroemerias tend to die out unless they get some summer
> water,
> whereas the winter-growing Glads are happy with total summer dryness.)
>
> I finally found the time to post photos of the results from spring 2015.
> You
> can see the best ones here:
>
> http://bit.ly/1NBRPWe/
>
> I also posted photos of a couple of Calochortus hybrids:
>
> http://bit.ly/1YAE5Ni/
>
> Mike
> San Jose, CA
>
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