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vic
May 19, 2002 10:26 PM Post #29904
| I know it's a little blurry but does anyone have a clue what this is? It is a bulb...that much I know...Thanks! 
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Baa
May 19, 2002 10:50 PM Post #264390
| Vic are the flowers fully open? |
philomel
Castelnau RB Pyrenée
France (Zone 8a)
 May 19, 2002 11:01 PM Post #264395
| Think it's probably Gladiolus byzantinus. There's a photo in the PDB (not the one that is on the first thumbnail - you have to actually open the whole entry. |
vic
May 20, 2002 12:09 AM Post #264423
| yes...fully open - thank you to both |
Aimee
Georgetown, TX (Zone 8a)
May 20, 2002 4:42 AM Post #264546
| Looks like a little wild glad that grows here. If so, it's a real keeper, in my opinion. Requires no care, will grow in my rocky alkaline soil, spreads just enough to let you share. And it blooms early, when you are so ready for flowers after the winter. I don't even have to stake them, as the blooms are small and don't weight the stalk down. |
philomel
Castelnau RB Pyrenée
France (Zone 8a)
May 20, 2002 5:55 AM Post #264561
| Yes. Gladiolus byzantinus - did you look in the Plants Database vic?? |
Calalily
Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)
May 20, 2002 1:10 PM Post #264663
| I agree. We call them "Venus fishing rods" here. |
philomel
Castelnau RB Pyrenée
France (Zone 8a)
May 20, 2002 1:26 PM Post #264676
| Oh, just goes to show (yet again LOL!) how misleading/confusing common names can be. I call Dierama pulcherrimum Venus or Angel's fishing rods Cala!!
:) |
Calalily
Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)
May 20, 2002 1:29 PM Post #264678
| Philomel, they call those that too!! Common names can be so confusing. I had a customer ask for a "Piney Rose" and I thought they wanted a rose. It was a peony that they wanted. We call armeria "thrift" but some call creeping phlox "thrift". Blooming moss could be portulaca or creeping phlox!! I never really know what they want. |
philomel
Castelnau RB Pyrenée
France (Zone 8a)
May 20, 2002 1:31 PM Post #264680
| LOLOL! Confusion reigns. Nothing for it but to use botanical names... |
mark
Antrim, Northern Ire
United Kingdom (Zone 8b)
May 20, 2002 5:34 PM Post #264829
| hear hear |
