In mid-June, I picked up a bag of half-price Gladiolus tubers thinking they’d be worth trying. So far, I’ve had a few bloom stalks and today’s vase features one of them. Also included: Dahlia ‘Chilson’s Pride’ and ‘Lemonade’, white, pink and purple spider flower (Cleome hassleriana), Zinnia elegans ‘Envy’, purple Verbena bonariensis and wild heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) as filler.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join the fun or see what others are sharing this week.
Gladioli are rad! They were some of the first flowers I grew when I was a kid. I also purchased the inexpensive corms.
They come in such vibrant colors, and a mixed bag could yield a winner!
Stunning. Seems like a good time of year for your garden.
Thank you, Vicki. It’s the last hurrah as the nights grow cooler, first frost will likely come in the next few weeks, ending the annual show for the year. It is always an adjustment!
Whenever I come across a bunch of gladioli in the store, it’s hard to resist. They are so elegant and uplifting. They also pair well with the assorted flowers you added.
Thank you, Tanja. Glads are tempting, as they come in such a variety of gorgeous colors, some so very vibrant!
Indeed. I also love the fact that they come in so many different hues.
Lovely colors 💐
Thank you!
I am waiting for my gladioli to bloom. Your flowers are cheering 🙂
Thank you, Anne. Happy Spring!
What a glorious display of colors!!
Thanks, I’m still sporting the summer look. 😉
Yes you are!
Beautiful and I love the pink Gladiolus.
Are Gladiolus annuals or perennials?
Thank you, Rupali. Like dahlias, these glads must be dug up before our cold winters. In warmer zones, they are perennial. However, there are some glad species that are hardy here, but I have found that voles tend to eat them overwinter!
Ok. I will check if I get some bulbs for the next season.
That’s a gorgeous display
Thank you, Sheree!
Hi Eliza. Money we’ll spent methinks. Fabulously flamboyant!
MJ
Thank you, MJ. Impulse buy that worked. 😀
That flower at the top is beautiful. You can’t help it, it drags your eyes away from everything else Eliza 🤣❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark. Definitely a commanding flower. 🙂
Just incredible
Thank you, Friend! 🙂
Love the glads. Beautiful, Eliza.
Thank you, Judy!
Yet another gorgeous vase of flowers…love the ‘frost.’
Thank you, Alice! 🙂
I still haven’t been able to develop a fondness for gladiolus. When I was young, they were ubiquitous at funerals, and that’s the association that stuck. I never saw one growing in a garden; I only saw them next to coffins, or occasionally at church. If I’d ever seen them used as you do, my associations would no doubt be more pleasant!
Yes, cheap and tall, they are staples in funeral work, which is too bad. My favorite use is a whole bunch in a vase all to themselves, quietly elegant. Lemon yellow is sublime.
I never think to toss those into my mix here after seeing your beauty maybe I will I had always thought of them as funeral display staples not that I go to many. Yours is so pretty I am glad the rains did not flatten yours.
Thank you, Eunice. They really lend themselves for funerary work due to their height and I have a similar association. If you can get a big bunch of them all in one color, that’s how I like them best. Dramatic! 🤩
Great idea thank you can I mail seeds to you now for safe keeping until next spring?
Yes, please, and thank you!
You have a nice mix of flowers. I thought glads bloomed in early spring.
Late summer around here, maybe because they are planted in spring, as they aren’t hardy to overwinter.
So cheery 💛🩷☀️
Thank you, Susan! 🥰
Your gladiolus is a surprise addition and it’s gorgeous among the dahlias and other flowers.
Thanks, Susie. Who can resist a bargain? 😉
There have been some gorgeous gladioli in people’s vases this summer…hmm, does it make me want to try them again? I anticipate failure, so probably won’t! 😂 They are great at adding height to a vase and then drawing the eye down to the other blooms. Your ‘Envy’ zinnias look almost yellow, although perhaps it’s an illusion, but they contribute greatly to your pretty pastel vase
Thank you, Cathy. Certainly it was an impulse buy, figuring that if they didn’t bloom, I wouldn’t have lost much. I’ll probably dig them up with the dahlias and see if I can get them to bloom again. I think dahlias are more my thing, though.
Yes, you know where you are with dahlias (well, usually!)
How cool that your glads are still blooming. They vanished over a month ago in Colorado (at least my corner of Colorado).
Mine were planted about a month late, so I expect that’s why I’m just squeaking by at the tail end of the season. I’m glad they bloomed before frost!
How I wish I had glads that bloomed alongside dahlias! They look great together. Mine had already bloomed out well before the first of my dahlias appeared as I recall.
Do you leave your corms in the ground year round? As I planted the glads later in June, I wonder if you waited a month later to plant glads if they’d time up with the dahlias?
I leave the glad bulbs in the ground so they set their own schedule, possibly set by our rainy season.
That is such a lovely gladiolus Eliza! And I do love pink and yellow together. The yellow dahlia is gorgeous!
Thank you, Cathy! I had no clue as to what colour the glads would be, as it was a mystery grab-bag, so this pink was a pleasant surprise. And that clear yellow dahlia I just love. 🤩
So pretty!! 🙂
Thank you, Robin!
A cheery arrangement! Pretty in pink with pops of sweet yellow!
Thank you, Tina. I do love that clear lemon yellow dahlia, it is a favorite.
A beautiful selection, Eliza 😊. It appears your garden is still going strong.
Thank you, Belinda. It is slowing down with the cooler weather, but there’s still plenty left for vases. 🙂
I would say you made a wise decision in buying those bulnvdqw
Thanks, Laurie. Sometimes it works out! 👍🏼
Sorry! Actually pushed send before I was ready. Meant “bulbs.”
My goodness that glad is stunning. Perfect with the cleome and dahlias. The aster is a wonderful filler.
Thank you, Donna. I’m glad it bloomed before it got too cold!
This is breathtaking, Eliza. Perfect flowers and colors.
Thank you very much! 💜
I love those pinks and yellows together! It’s so much fun to try some new plants and flowers and see what happens.
Thank you, change is good!
Wow, very festive, sending summer out with a bang! I had the same glads in Atlanta and they were bulletproof. Do you have to lift them?
Thanks, Amy! As I planted them in the dahlia bed, I probably will. Otherwise, they’re likely to be eaten by voles overwinter. My sister in VT claims hers are hardy, but generally, lifting is recommended.
Gorgeous! So ‘glad’ to see you still have blooms! 😀
Ha, thanks, Denise, only one week until frost is predicted. Not long now. 😦
The glad is like an ascending rocket, all the colors are striking – and there are asters, too!
Thanks, Tom! 🙂
Yellow and pinks – love it! Perfection.
Thank you, Flavia!
I love pink and yellow together!
Thank you, Dale. It is a pretty candy-colored combo! 😀
Big time!
It’s so beautiful to remember gardening in the northeast. I am wickedly spoiled in Hawaii though, everything grows so fast and perennialLy. It’s easy to get spoiled as a gardener. 😉♥️
I can only imagine, 365 days a year to enjoy your outdoor space! 👍🏼
🤙🕶️😛
Oh wow, you did great. Those colors are amazing!
Hey, thanks, Frank! 🙂
A little bit of summer still shines with your posts, Eliza 😊. Beautiful arrangement and image.
Thank you, Randall. Quickly approaching the end of the season, but I’ll enjoy it as long as I can. 👍🏼
Oh my goodness, love this. Glads are so so pretty!
Thank you, K!