Scientific Name: Gladiolus cv.
Common Name: gladiolus, gladioli
Family Name: Iridaceae
Origin: Africa, 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, 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:
Leaves basal, linear; florets sessile, mostly 5-8cm wide, in spikes up to 1m long.