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Post by farmersboy on Aug 3, 2011 14:48:17 GMT
Cant find a thread for these,so i thought iwould start one  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 3, 2011 15:44:40 GMT
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 3, 2011 15:51:22 GMT
Smashing display FB, I love them but have never had much luck growing them  I've tried to grow them several times and gave up in the end as they never came back Do you get fresh bulbs each year  |
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Post by Auricula on Aug 3, 2011 16:37:42 GMT
Ooh,nice FB  I have several, but they lean at 45degrees .......guess I should stake them  ;D |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 3, 2011 16:50:28 GMT
Smashing colours FB.
Mine do 45 degrees too Auricula - one is doing 90 degrees I noticed while I was watering tonight!
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 3, 2011 17:17:07 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Aug 3, 2011 17:20:52 GMT
That's what I'll do next year Mine stay quite happily in the ground from year to year |
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 3, 2011 17:25:37 GMT
I took my last lot up for the winter,as per the book,and most of them rotted,so ill be leaving these in and hoping for the best
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 3, 2011 18:53:11 GMT
I keep mine in the ground from year to year FB. I think I lost some this winter but I'd put some extras in so there's still a fair few.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Aug 3, 2011 19:38:09 GMT
Bootiful FB - I sowed some dwarf glads - free from the GC - and one has some buds on the stem but they are listing continually and have to be staked and tied with string which isnt a pretty sight really |
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 3, 2011 20:11:41 GMT
Thats what im going to do Jas
Use green string Jen,doesnt show up so much ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 3, 2011 20:22:49 GMT
I've got to confess FB that it's pure laziness on my part not part of a plan...but it seems to work! ;D
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Post by magrich on Aug 3, 2011 23:09:26 GMT
Have you tried using gardening velcro instead of string? It is much softer and seems to blend in really well with any leaves.
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 4, 2011 5:01:47 GMT
I bought some lemon coloured ones for my border this year but I've no idea what happened to them. I have a feeling they were planted behind something.  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Aug 4, 2011 5:19:16 GMT
I had some Green Star glads one year - they were very unusual must remember to get some again - they are still in the ground and tiny shoots come up every year
Do you think I should lift them?
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 4, 2011 5:44:40 GMT
Yes ,dig them all up and throw them away,and plant some new ones ;D thats what i have done
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 4, 2011 5:52:36 GMT
I've got to confess FB that it's pure laziness on my part not part of a plan...but it seems to work! ;D Me to Jas, i think we do a lot of stuff in the garden thats not needed,just because the so called "experts"say we should,i like simple gardening,bung them straight into the ground type,and forget ab out them till they come up i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif |
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Post by Auricula on Aug 4, 2011 9:25:03 GMT
That's my way with bulbs FB  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 5, 2011 17:49:04 GMT
Some of my glads... Sancerre  Purple Flora  |
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Post by Auricula on Aug 5, 2011 18:08:48 GMT
Very nice - mine are just from a pack of mixed gladioli bulbs....no names but several colours |
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Post by Tig on Aug 5, 2011 18:19:16 GMT
Lovely gladdies peeps, I've got some growing, but I think I'm just growing spikey green leaves ;D Might help if I water them occassionally  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 6, 2011 5:14:27 GMT
I like the look of Purple Flora Jasmine. My neighbour a few doors up grows them and he's got a lovely peach coloured on blooming at the moment, I gave him a bamboo stick to stake it with yesterday.
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 12, 2012 8:19:13 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Aug 12, 2012 9:29:49 GMT
Must be the rabbit poo feeding them thats why they are so tall. ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 12, 2012 10:14:45 GMT
;D I guess bunnies may have their uses! ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 12, 2012 11:09:48 GMT
It's lovely Zara, especially with the VB behind it. |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 12, 2012 13:37:49 GMT
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Post by Tig on Aug 12, 2012 13:39:04 GMT
Crikey, that's a biggun!! I leave mine in on the front and they are just starting to flower
x Tig
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 12, 2012 14:42:20 GMT
I thought we had a gladiola thread. I leave mine in the ground so if they come back they do and if they don't they don't! These ones have come back and one is as tall as me!  That's a baby weeping cherry behind it and Bonnie's furry behind underneath it!  That is a bigunn Jas,as tall as you,must be 8ft then i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/tongue.gif |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 12, 2012 16:55:27 GMT
;D At least FB! ;D
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I've tried to grow them several times and gave up in the end as they never came back 
I have several, but they lean at 45degrees .......guess I should stake them 
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