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Plants => Nice Plants => Topic started by: ideasguy on September 26, 2008, 01:47:20 PM
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Ive now reached the Glads section in working with Erics photos.
I diod some research on one of his varietues and found this interesting page.
Bookmarked for me, hopefully of interest to all members.
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/plants/2006sp_glads.html
The plant in question was Gladiolus primulinus
Add it to your database
Now edit, get to GA100S36 and click the RHS button
It brings up 'Atom' - so its a synonym
After that, the plot thickens...
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Nice link there George.
Here's another one for members from the other side of the 'Pond' - The British Gladiolus Society (http://www.britglad.com/index.html)
Laurie.
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I don't remember sending a picture of a G. primulinus. I grow G carinatus and used to have G. bysantinus, but otherwise all we have are the remains of some of the dwarfer hybrids.
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Theres a photo in the folder namedplantsbig called Gladioliprimulinustype.jpg Eric
Some variant? More info would be very much appreciated!
Its the only Glad on that CD
Its a real beauty!
RE: G. bysantinus
I'm interested!
Per the article (linkk above) - do some gardeners find them boring???? I think they are fantastic plants! Dead easy to grow. Need a cane for support, but well worth the little effort.
I'm working on my Tax Return and doing a little on your photos to break the boredom!
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I think that should be Gladiolus Byzantinus
It grows almost wild in the Village of Cerne Abbas, (The one with the giant on the hill) ;)
It can be seen in nearly every garden there, whether it has spread by nature, or from the villagers swopping plants, I no not.
A lot of the Gladiolus Byzantinus you can buy commercially are an inferior plant, they just don't have the intensity of colour.
Malcolm
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Now I remember it George, sorry. It is just one of a packet of mixed colours which came free with a magazine some years back. I can only remember that they were dwarfer than the normal types and labelled G. primulinus hybrids.
The G. byzantinus properly should be called G communis ssp,byzantinus. The one which I used to grow came from wild collected seeds, but I am almost positive it has gone now.
The G. carinatum (I think) is another one grown from seed, and it spreads itself arouind too
I am not that fond of the hybrids, but some of the original species are lovely. Silverhill Seeds (I think) used to sell seeds of some of them.
We have tried growing one called G. flanniganii (or summat like that) without much success. I do have a picture somewhere from a show.
Now if you start on a relative of them, the Watsonias, that is a different matter. Those I would if I could!
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Thanks for the additional info Eric. I'm pleased to see the topic and this plant has roused interest!
Ive never grown them from seed, yet...!
Ive never grown Watsonias, so I'm all ears to learn more about them.
I'll publish an update to your plants list over the weekend, and that beauty and many other beauties will be included.