| Scientific Name: | Gladiolus cv. |
| Common Name: | gladiolus, gladioli |
| Family Name: | Iridaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - southern, Africa - tropical, Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Corms; leaves basal, lanceolate-elliptic-linear, most 30-60cm long x 2-4cm wide, often in a fan-like arrangement; florets sessile, most 5-8(-15)cm wide, in spikes up to 1m long. | |