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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 30 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Cut Flower
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Corms

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Common names
  • Gladiolus
  • Hybrid Gladiola
  • Gladiola

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: My zone 8a north Georgia garden
Date: 2024-06-11
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-06-14
Location: Our gardens in South Amana, Iowa
Date: 2012-07-27
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo courtesy of Old House Gardens
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2022-08-25
Gladiolus Atom
Location: central Illinois
Date: July 2007
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: July 15 2022
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-06-14
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2022-09-15
Gladiolus Atom
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: August 2008
Location: Container Garden
Date: August 15th 2015
A beautiful variety from Old House Gardens! This heirloom from 19
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Date: 2010-07-15
Planted 5-15-10
Uploaded by chelle
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2020-07-11
Gladiolus Primulinus series 'Atom'
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer
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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-06-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-08-08
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-08-04
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-11-05
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-06-14
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-08-04
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-09-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-08-08
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-07-25
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-06-10
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-08-04
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-08-05
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Plant Events from our members
jmorth On November 4, 2017 Entered Dormancy
bulbs dug up and put in basement till next spring
jmorth On August 4, 2017 Bloomed
jmorth On June 10, 2017 Plant emerged
jmorth On June 1, 2017 Transplanted
Into the ground, NE corner area.
jmorth On April 19, 2017 Obtained plant
Part of a prize from not a lottery lottery; from Old House Gardens.
DeweyRooter On April 20, 2023 Transplanted
Planted in patio bed
DeweyRooter On April 8, 2023 Obtained plant
Received 10 bulbs from Brent and Becky's
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