Having moved almost all my Gladioli from satellite sites around the Island where I live.
I've moved most of my Winter x Summer Glad crosses to my back garden and its great waking up and seeing new plants for the first time, or some of the the older crosses establishing themselves
There are lots of Summer Glads growing on the plot, where the pollen parent is frozen tristis pollen from Winter Glads. Most are unusable because the flowers tend to be the normal size, but the flowering stem is too thin. Most have a low bud count, you need at least eight minimum. Another fault is a lack of vigour in producing offsets. But despite that, a few do get selected and they are crackers.
But this appeared today, it has some of the aforementioned negative attributes, but the colour is something else
I've very generously been loaned a piece of land in the Arreton Valley. This now takes me to borrowing three pieces of land across the island. This plot will be used for third year trial Crocosmias, second year Gladiolus and building stock of existing cultivars.
Just needs to be rabbit proofed and then we're off!