Oh my! This is still one of my favorite topics! Since this article posted, these perennial Gladiolus papilio have done quite well, and perhaps too well. They are one of my favorite perennials now, partly because of their history.
https://tonytomeo.com/2018/11/10/six-on-saturday-tangly-cottage-gardening-journal/
This link is to the original post to ‘Six on Saturday’ that was about the four dozen or so Gladiolus papilio bulbs that the author of Tangly Cottage Gardening Journal sent to me at the end of last October.
I tried to not get too eager about these new bulbs. I sort of watched their site shortly after planting them, just to make sure they were safe. Once they were planted, nothing else was done there. There was a bit of frost just to let them know what time of year it is. The rain has been soaking the ground for them.
More recently, I noticed that some of the spring bulbs, particularly narcissus, are blooming elsewhere. Daffodils with bigger flowers are just about to bloom. Even though I know that the summer bulbs bloom a season later, I also know that, their foliage starts to develop quite some…
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