General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Orange and yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Corms

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Common names
  • Parrot Gladiola
  • African Parrot Gladiola
  • Gladiola

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Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-05-16
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2014-06-08
Have to stake or cage these stalks as they flop easily.
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2017-04-28
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-05
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Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-19
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2017-04-28
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: April 27, 2017
Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Date: June 2021
Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Date: June 2021
Wild parrot Gladiolas growing wild on an old compost yard on an A
Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Date: June 2021
Wild parrot gladiolas growing in a pine forrest on the site of an
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-05
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Date: 2013-05-12
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2017-04-28
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2017-04-28

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Location: Maui, Kula
Date: April 18, 2003
photo by Forest & Kim Starr
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-07-31
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