Gladiolus

With the heroism and farsighted business acumen of their kind, the Dutch and other European gladiolus hybridizers continued their plant breeding work on as extensive a scale as possible during

Methods of curing gladiolus corms have been modified in recent years to reduce winter injury from disease and thrips to a minimum.  Quick drying, even by the use of heat,

You certainly can be someone other than an expert in genetics. However, the experience will teach you many practical things about combining the characteristics of two different parents.  Two white

Three years ago, my wife Mary and I didn’t know the name of one gladiolus from another in our garden.  The North American Gladiolus Council was holding a glad show

Whether you grow gladiolus for show or pleasure, you’ll want prizewinning beauties. So here’s my year-round plan for producing the kind of flowers you’ll be proud to display. Growing Calendar

For many years, fragrance in garden gladiolus eluded hybridizers. After various growers had spent 125 years obtaining fragrant garden gladiolus.  Dean William Ilerbert of England produced his hybrid, GLADIOLUS FRAGRANS—a

As a gladiolus enthusiast, I firmly believe there is no other flower with a better claim to a place in your backyard. Glads come in a greater variety of colors,

Everything a cut flower ought to be, the gladiolus is infinitely varied, powerful, strong in arrangements, or light as a butterfly. It is long-lived and stays fresh in water for

Have you ever wondered how your gladiolus would rate in a gladiolus show? Then why not judge your own? First, get out the catalog from which you ordered. It is