My gladiolus burst into bloom yesterday

[malaise]

Waiting for the lilac and purple ones now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thank you, my dear malaise, for this beautiful photo!

We need it more than ever right now.

[malaise]

2. Not my photo although mine is just as lovely and is the same mix of gorgeous colors

All my buds aren't open yet. I'm too thrilled.

[cyberswede]

3. Your glads make me glad!

[malaise]

4. LOL

[CurtEastPoint]

5. WOW! That color... amazing.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Wow...lovely color.

I have a rose with those colors, but not as bright and vivid.

[malaise]

23. I've never been good with roses

Must be beautiful

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Roses are members of blackberry family.

They tend to do best from benign neglect.
I am real good at benign neglect gardening.

[malaise]

25. Hehehehehhee

I've improved with age - my herbs and veggies do better.

[truebluegreen]

7. How odd.

Mine did too and I'm pretty sure I'm WAY further south than you are. I do love them--thanks for the pic.

[malaise]

16. You're south of Jamaica???

[truebluegreen]

19. Ah! That explains it--we are almost the same latitude.

[malaise]

22. Our rain started very early this year

Even our mangoes were a month early - and I've never seen a bigger crop.

[truebluegreen]

26. We've had a very humid and cool "dry" season after

an amazing and long rainy season and our early flowering trees (primavera, jacaranda, flamboyant) really responded--spectacular!

Right now is the hottest time of the year so I'm just praying for rain and cooler weather.

[dorkzilla]

8. Wow, I'm jealous - mine won't bloom till early July!

Beautiful malaise! Just beautiful!

[840high]

9. Beautiful.

[etherealtruth]

10. Beautiful!!!!

[Paka]

11. Glads were one of my dad's favorite blooms.

He did love to garden, just like his father before him. Sad that neither of my brother's took after him.

What lovely blooms!

[malaise]

15. Mom loved them

I'm thrilled

[passiveporcupine]

12. Those are magnificent

Do you have to stake them up to keep them upright?

I just found out there are grow-through wire stands that work for peonies. My peonies are not the bush type. I think they would work for tomatoes too, and are more attractive than tomato cages, but they are pretty expensive. And I don't think they would work with plants with leaves like iris and gladiola.

the one time I tried growing gladiolas, they were always laying on the ground when the flowers were in full bloom. I've had the same problem with some of the fancy iris too.

[malaise]

14. Yep hard to keep them up

Bought bamboo stakes.

That photo is not of mine but the ones blooming first are the same lovely colors.
Mom loved glads - thrilled that they started blooming just before Mothers' Day.

[Mira]

13. Glorios -

I'm happy to see this beautiful photograph. Enjoy!

[Hortensis]

17. Lovely! I have a few old-timey iris in bloom now.

Your glad reminds me of this little picotee. Not my picture, but it could be.

[malaise]

18. Magnificent

indeed

[truebluegreen]

20. Lovely. I miss those (they don't grow around here)

My favorites were some called Grape Soda: variegated green and gold leaves, purple flowers and the scent of (surprise!) grape soda...fun stuff.

[Hortensis]

21. Yes. I remember Grape Soda from your description.

It was fun stuff to open this thread and find exquisite flowers. Surprise! What climate do you live in now?

[malaise]

29. First I ever heart about the Grape Soda part

I learn something every day

[Hortensis]

30. The days of naming flowers after

la Duchesse du Brabant and (translation) Tipsy Imperial Concubine are past, in the U.S., anyway. Want some funny plant reading, try plantdelights.com. Names like gooey 'Susy Sweetheart' and sterile "red groundcover rose" caused the owner major revulsion, leading to names like hostas 'Elvis Lives' and 'Out House Delight.' Others, like black and blue Salvia 'Domestic Violence,' cause their own revulsion (some people have no sense of humor).

They have a rants section for e-mails they think others might like to read. Compared to DU, though, even the occasional accusation of being a fascist turd or wild-eyed liberal is pretty mild. But the real fun is in some of the essays hidden somewhere on the site; it's been a while since I browsed and stumbled on one.


"Out House Delight (the ugliest hosta in the history of hostas), not currently available"

(Hosta collectors will buy anything. I'm sure it sold like hotcakes for a while.)

[malaise]

31. ROFL

[astrophuss42]

27. Bellissimo!

Such beautiful colors.

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. Beautiful

[AlbertCat]

32. So beautiful

But early....oh wait, you're much farther south!

I have daylilies just starting, and irises

If you've got a sunny place, daylilies are the best, and easiest things to grow ever. And they come in many different forms than just your average ditch lily. This is one called Tutankhamen.

[malaise]

33. That is gorgeous

Nature is something special.

[AlbertCat]

36. Check these out....

tho' they haven't bloomed yet this year, here's last year's offerings:
(I love daylilies.... so many varieties)

[malaise]

37. Absolutely magnificent

Wow!

We have a few calla lilies - pale yellow and lilac. They've been blooming for weeks

[JDPriestly]

39. Wow!

[Iggo]

34. No sex threads!

[malaise]

35. Just wait until we add Tulip Nebula

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Damn the universe has magnificent colors

[JDPriestly]

38. Thanks. Gorgeous color.

[packman]

40. Nice Photo - shows talent

both in photography and horticulture.

[malaise]

41. It's not my photo

My blooms are almost identical, but believe me - my photography is not in that league

[ErikJ]

42. Nice. Can we see a wider field shot?

[EX500rider]

43. My Gladius hangs on the wall...

wait, did you say Gladius or Gladiolus?!

[bigwillq]

44. Great pic!

[libodem]

45. So colorful

I love flowers! I have lots of iris and peonies going on in my yard. Everything is so early.

Poppies and Batchelder buttons are starting to open. Usually they wait for June.