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Unfortunately, Byzantine glads haven’t fared as well in the nursery trade. “This is well below frost level and deeper than voles usually search for food,” she writes, “which may be the secret of long-term survival.” Pamela Harper in her modern classic Time-Tested Plants reports finding corms 18 inches deep in her Virginia garden. With its bulbs deep enough to avoid the plough-share, Byzantine gladiolus has ornamented farm fields since ancient times, much like Papaver rhoes which is still called corn poppy today. “Flag” refers to its iris-like leaves, and “corn” originally meant all grains. Introduced in 1576, Byzantine glad’s early names include corn flag of Constantinople and Turkish flag. Though they might prefer the dry soils of their native Turkey during their summer rest, Byzantine glads handle the well-watered soils of most US gardens with ease. Shortly after flowering the leaves wither as the bulbs go dormant for the summer. The flowers open in earliest summer along with roses, iris, peonies, and many other traditional perennials. Narrow foliage emerges in the spring and even in bud the plant is beautiful, with wiry, arching stems and 10-12 dark, pointed buds that jut forward eagerly. The corms are smaller than those of modern glads, and they’re planted in the fall.
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It’s tough and easy, doing best in full sun and well-drained soil, though in dryer areas it also thrives in heavy clay. Christopher Lloyd loved it, Allan Armitage praises it, and it grows today at public gardens as diverse as Colonial Williamsburg and the Denver Botanic Garden.
Though best known in the South where it’s a cherished passalong plant, Gladiolus byzantinus thrives today for our customers in 39 states, from coastal Maine to southern California. Hardy and Prized in 39 States (and Great Dixter)
It never needs staking, and it increases year after year into ever-larger and more beautiful clumps, as any good perennial should. Surprisingly hardy, it has survived nine of the past ten winters in our gardens here in Ann Arbor, at the top of zone 6. With small, elegant blooms of vibrant cerise (or, as Felder Rushing admiringly calls it, “shocking magenta”), it looks more like an orchid than a glad. Instead of an over-blown modern extravaganza, it’s a graceful wildflower. byzantinus) is definitely NOT your ordinary glad. All rights reserved.Gladiolus byzantinus (or more properly Gladiolus communis subsp. Use All if you want book reviews, shopping, news mixed together. Use Title Lookup or Author Lookup if you only know a partial title or partial author name. Do not enter the edition number, year, publisher, or subtitles. Search either for a title or an author, but not both in the same search. She Would And She Would Not, Or The Kind Impostor A.
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