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caroline.hobleycaroline.hobley Posts: 2
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Hi, I came across this plant in Winchester Abbey Gardens. It sort of looks like a crocosmia plant but its purple flower doesnt. Any idea what it is, i want it in my garden!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,787
    edited June 2019
    Its the European native gladiolus https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/bulbs/gladioli/gladiolus_communis_subsp_byzantinus.htm

    Lovely isn’t it. They seem to grow wild in Cornwall. 
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • LynLyn Posts: 21,407
    Dovefromabove said:

    Lovely isn’t it. They seem to grow wild in Cornwall. 
    As do us all Dove 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • caroline.hobleycaroline.hobley Posts: 2
    Wow, that was quick! Thanks!! Cant wait for these in my garden!
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,277
    Unfortunately, in my experience, a lot of the corms you buy seem to be a very wishy washy pink, rather than the vibrant colour of those shown.
    There are ashtrays of emulsion,
    for the fag ends of the aristocracy.

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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