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Do gladioli flower more than once in a season?

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  • 08-08-2010 1:56am
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    hello932
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    I cut some gladioli just there to make some cut flowers for house-will the plants i cut grow new flower stems this season or will i have to wait for new growth next year?


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    looksee
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    No, they only flower once. In fact mine haven't flowered once yet!


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    taxignorant
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    Don't forget to take them up out of the ground before the frost gets them and keep them somewhere dry.


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    artieanna
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    taxignorant wrote: »
    Don't forget to take them up out of the ground before the frost gets them and keep them somewhere dry.

    I don't lift mine, the frost dosen't bother some types of gladiolia depends on when they flower. The wet weather can cause some losses from rot though.


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    flutered
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    i have a poor mans rose budding at the moment, also a wisteria starting to flower in parts.


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    looksee
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    flutered wrote: »
    i have a poor mans rose budding at the moment, also a wisteria starting to flower in parts.


    Never heard of a poor man's rose, what is it?

    Ok, just checked, its rose geranium :)


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    flutered
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    some pics of my poor mans rose, i really loke the small yellow flowers.


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    John Mason
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    my gladioli just flowered today :)

    i have never lifted mine in fact the previous owners planted them:) :)


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    looksee
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    flutered wrote: »
    some pics of my poor mans rose, i really loke the small yellow flowers.

    That looks like a Kerria Japonica, I've never heard it called poor man's rose though. Its a nice plant, I agree with you about the little yellow flowers, they're very attractive.


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    TheFatMan
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    Thats a double petaled Kerria Japonica. Theres a single version of this 2.
    Propogates very easily


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