My bargain of the year

[shirlton]

Gladioli I bought from Lidl. They were £1 for 40 corms. I got 4 packs. These are just a few. Every one of them came up as well

[shirlton]

[manicscousers]

they're a lovely colour, shirlton, are they all the same, ours are just coming in to flower

[pigeonseed]

wow that's so cheap. And they're really beautiful.

[GrannieAnnie]

Beautiful color. Have you ever tried planting them at different depths so see if they bloom at different times?
I don't know if that works or not but was thinking of trying it with some next year. Saw some blue glads in a catalogue (Jung's) and thought since delphiniums are so difficult for me to grow perhaps a clump of blue glads would work instead next year. They wouldn't be fetched with your bargain price though- what a steal!

[lolabelle]

Beautiful, lovely colour fab price you couldn't buy a bunch for  a quid

[Rosa_Mundi]

You can get different varieties of gladioli to stagger the flowering time, GrannieAnnie - not sure the planting at different depths would work that well. Also, I'd be wary of "blue" gladioli in a catalogue - I don't think that a "true" blue exists, only shades of violet.

[GrannieAnnie]

You can get different varieties of gladioli to stagger the flowering time, GrannieAnnie - not sure the planting at different depths would work that well. Also, I'd be wary of "blue" gladioli in a catalogue - I don't think that a "true" blue exists, only shades of violet.

I'm sure you are probably correct on the non-blue color.

[shirlton]

they're a lovely colour, shirlton, are they all the same, ours are just coming in to flower

No manic they are not all the same I got 3 different colours.pink, yellow and peach. I grew them for picking and these were the first to bloom. They had lots of different summer flowering bulbs as well. Guess where I will be going again later in the year.lol

[manicscousers]

I'll take some pics when ours are flowering, no idea of colours, we got them free with an order  ;D

[shirlton]

Here are the next lot

[lorna]

Absolutely beautiful Shirl.  Just love them, I only have about 6 but will definitely grow more next year.

[GrannieAnnie]

I bought an inexpensive bag of glads in mixed colors last Spring. The bulbs had different shades of color to them so I grouped the ones that looked similar together and planted them in different areas. We ended up with some light orange, two bright red, some delicate white, a yellow with a bright orange throat and this morning a creamy white with light lavender petals!  A bit of excitement like opening Christmas presents.

[manicscousers]

some of ours are flowering  ;D

[shirlton]

So nice Manic. Went to plot today and some of mine were broken down with the wind and rain, but were ok when picked.

[manicscousers]

yes, the weather's playing havoc but it means I get to pick them  ;D

[aussiedigger]

I bought a pack of 40 for £1 from Poundland and am thrilled to bits with them.  They have all come up and most look like they will flower.  So far have picked 10 sprays - 7 orange, 2 yellow and 1 which looks like it will be pinky/red.  At the same time I got 50 iris for £1 and had 48 flowers from them earlier in the year - will definitely be back for more when they come into stock.

I have always had trouble getting gladioli to do what I want in a vase but bought an 'Instant Florist' at Tatton Park Flower Show.  The pack came with a clear hard plastic gizmo and a grey foam one - the grey foam one is working perfectly for the gladiolis.  Have a look - http://www.theinstantflorist.com/gallery