When To Plant Butterfly Gladioli Bulbs

What you can do is grow gladiolus bulbs corms in two batches with a time span of two weeks between the two plantations.

When to plant butterfly gladioli bulbs.

Now that you know how and when to plant gladioli bulbs you can watch your summer garden grow swathes of beautiful blooms all season long. By adjusting the planting time you can ensure continuous blooming during the summer season. From your last frost date to early summer plant another round of corms every 10 days or so. Plant gladiolus corms in spring 2 weeks before your last expected frost date.

See your local frost dates here. Plant gladiolus corms in spring. Grow gladioli for tall flower spikes in a variety of colour for your garden. You can also extend the flower season by growing early mid and late season gladiolus varieties.

You can plant gladioli corms directly into borders adding plenty of organic matter well rotted manure is good. Gardening tips advice from the garden shop. This will stagger the plantings and flowering times. When planted properly gladiolus bulbs will bloom and flower in about two weeks.

In fall just before the first frost carefully dig up the bulbs cut back any foliage and store the bulbs dry at room temperature until next spring. If you re planning to use them for successional colour plant a handful a week or so apart from march onwards to extend the display. Plant a group of 6 8 bulbs in a nicely dug hole that s roughly twice the depth of the bulbs themselves and spaced a bulb s width apart. Keep your garden full of blooming gladiolus throughout the growing season by planting additional bulbs every 2 3 weeks during the middle of the summer.

Plant fifteen corms every couple of weeks from early may to july to give a succession of flowers through the summer and autumn. Taller varieties are subject to wind damage be sure to plant these out of the wind.