Growing Gladiolus flanaganii
Cody H (Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:32:23 PST)
It grows well for me in plastic nursery pots here in carnation, Washington,
which has a distinctly cool/wet climate. I keep the pots dry in winter and
I water them well in summer (most of our rain is in the winter). We hit 90F
a few times in summer but very rarely 100F, night time temps are rarely
above 70F, and we’ll get regular cool misty rains well into July and then
starting again in September. G. flanaganii seems more tolerant of the wet
than some other winter-dormant gladiolus species I grow.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:49 AM Gianni Benetti <gianni.leonotis@gmail.com>
wrote:
I tried to grow Gladiolus flanaganii in pots for several years here in
north Italy but I never succeeded. I planted the bulbs in a very well
drained soil watering moderately during the summer and keeping the bulbs
dry during the winter. Immediately after the purchase towards the summer
the bulbs put the leaves and they bloomed, but immediately after the leaves
turned yellow and dried and the bulbs died. I cannot understand the reason
for this failure. Does anyone have positive experiences with this species
of Gladiolus? Thanks.
Gianni Benetti
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