I had some guesses but nobody knew for sure what they were.
I was advised to plant them to see what came up and that seemed quite
reasonable, so I planted several of them and marked them with sticks.
None of them came up. But, when I found another one last spring, I
planted it, too and, this time, there was success.
You can see the little stick I stuck in the ground where I planted it.
Come to find out, it is a gladiola bulb.
Now that I see what came up, I'm not really surprised because each year I
find more and more of these beauties in different parts of the garden. I gather
them in one place as I find them, and this one will join them.
Oh great you are lucky as you have the right temperature to prompt them to sprout and flower. We have gladiolus also here in the tropics, but they are placed in big cold rooms for 2 months before planted again in the ground in time of flowering for November 1 or All Saints'Day. They are such beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteHurray! You solved a mystery and you have a bouquet with flowers! Groetjes,
ReplyDeleteHetty
All's well that ends well - and the best bit of all remembering where to look for your stick! What a joy to find!
ReplyDeleteWren x
oh the seeds did bloom - how lovely
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful ! Can you leave them in the garden through the whole year ? Here in Germany I have to put them out in autumn and plant them again in May because otherwise the bulbs would freeze during the winter. Unfortunately they won't grow again the next year because I don't have ideal space to store them through wintertime. So it's too cold (outside) or too warm (in the house). But I will look for new ones next year, because I like them so much.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Birgit
oh yeah I"ve seen those and wondered what they were from.
ReplyDeleteVery nice outcome!
ReplyDeleteGladiolus is such a beautiful flower. Here, I have to wait for them till July/ August :(
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS! Love these flowers but don't see them much here in Georgia maybe to much iron in our soil or our soil is to clay like.
ReplyDeleteGreat experience. I suppose, the result makes you happy.
ReplyDeleteMagdalena
Such a fun mystery! We're so cold, but this warms the cockles of my heart.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I love your roses!
(ツ) from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!
Great Glads. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSo exciting that the mystery is solved and that the result is some gorgeous gladiola
ReplyDeleteVery nice indeed! I love gladiolas. They need to grow in a large group for full effect. Thanks for talking about NZ. I'll now be following this blog! Cheers from France :-)
ReplyDeleteGladioles are wonderful flowers, I love them very much, only in the summer they grow with us in the garden
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Traudi