PT 3 of Practically & Mostly Care Free Flowers & Show Stoppers!
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Liz, your flowers are lovely, but I do need to correct a couple of things. Gladiolus are not winter-hardy in most of the country and should not be planted in the fall. Rather, the corms should be planted in spring after all danger of frost has past. If you're in Zone 7 or milder, you might be able to get them through the winter with a good layer of mulch, otherwise they have to be dug up. Similarly, most cannas would also need to be dug up outside of the south. The same areas where those ...» -
My glads stay in the ground yr around, I never dig them up & they come back every yr. -
Very pretty flowers. We have a lot in common in flowers, awesome!
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@ Douglas!!!! Please, Please, Correct me if I've ever mistaken. I'm only a Novice, 3rd year gardner, I still have many more years to learn and am never insulted by corrections, isn't that what we're all here for, to learn from one another. I appreciate your candor as well as your compliments on my flowers. On this web site, I have to try to keep in mind that a lot of people are in many different climate regions and the care of the flowers & plants vary greatly! Thank u for bringing that to my attention! -
@Ann.....Thank you very much for your sweet compliment! Nice 2 know we have the same taste...great minds must think alike! :)
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Very nice and the colors are just so cheerful - beautiful! -
Liz, yes, Hometalkers are all over, which is a good thing!
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Don't you just love Gladiolus?! They come in so many different colors, and keep so well as cut flowers. They're one of my all time favorites, but for some reason, I've never planted them. Beautiful! -
Becky H, they are beautiful but I have not ever planted them either, why? -
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I love Gladioluses (Gladioli?) ... whatever the correct plural version of Gladiolus is. :-) -
I grew Glads in Virginia. Dug then up & brought them to Florida with me & replanterd them. They grew& bloomed 2 years & never came back up. SO SAD. I am thinking of planting come in a pot & putt h& put it in the ground. I thought mabey the sand killed them. -
Beautiful flowers you have there. I live in zone & and my glads have been coming back for years, multiplying and I share with my neighbors. My lantana is 5 years old...gets cut back in the winter before the first freeze and then covered with a good layer of pine straw. It is so heat and dry tolerant that I planted 5 more in various places that get full sun just as my older ones do. Once established, I don't have to water them and the do just fine in our 90-100 degree summers. -
My Glads have wintered in the ground in Maryland for twelve years now...I'm just throwing that in there. -
I have a large bed full of lantana,but it is constantly full of weeds,any ideas on how to fight the weeds without killing the plants. I am disabled and its hard to get on hands and knees to weed. -
Racy, maybe you could get a neighborhood kid to come help you and, put down a bunch of that black, cloth-like stuff that helps to keep weeds and grass from growing in places you don't want it to. -
Does anyone have any suggestions for staking glads? I have approx 20+ in my front a back gardenspanted in a single row and I hate when they get so top heavy and fall. I have so many, staking individually would be impossible! I tried fishing line (so it would be less of an eyesore) but didn't work. Thanks! -
Camilla, I found an article that might be useful for you: Look it over and modify the idea to fit your need. http://www.ehow.com/how_7322680_stake-gladio...
