Gladiolus Alatus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Artichoke The leaf petiole is slender

The leaf petiole is slender and pink over the lower half

5cm with clustered dark green leaves and purple flowers in the summer

Growing to a massive 1

sow this species that grows up to 30cm in autumn

after which they pop

Gladiolus Alatus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Artichoke The leaf petiole is slenderGladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family. Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas). The genus is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. The centre of diversity of the genus is located in the Cape Floristic