Gladiolus flowering dates - early, medium and late
BLADES GROUPS BY FLOWER PERIODS
Elegant, lacy, as if soaring in the air flowers of a gladiolus, gathered in slender inflorescences, fascinate and beckon. Many generations of gardeners, captivated by the beauty of this flower, give it all their free time and all the free places in the flower beds. And although growing a gladiolus is not an easy task, they, neglecting difficulties, strive for success. After all, the gladiolus has so many advantages that make it an almost unique flower. For example, a long flowering period - from May to the first frost.
In the current, 2019 year, the famous florist from Kharkov, Yu. Laktionova, successfully conducted a unique experience in obtaining super-early cut gladioli when grown on hydroponics - the plants bloomed in mid-May. This became possible also because the efforts of many generations of breeders were aimed mainly at breeding varieties with early flowering.
The timing of flowering depends on many factors. They are genetically determined, depend on the timing of planting, weather conditions of a particular year, as well as on agricultural technology, the quality of planting material, etc.
By flowering time, the following groups of gladioli are distinguished: very early (RR), early (P), medium early (SR), medium (C), medium late (SP), late (P) and very late (OP) varieties.
In the cipher of the variety, the last letters, as a rule, indicate the timing of flowering. These terms are very approximate, and are determined by the time of flowering of the bulb of the first analysis, planted in open ground. When choosing a variety, it is very important to pay attention to the region in which the breeder, the author of this variety, works.
The fact is that, for example, a breeder working in the Baltic States can declare a variety as late (P) or very late (OP), but this cultivar will bloom in medium terms with us (C).
The number of varieties with late and very late flowering is quite limited. As a rule, they include all glanters (intergeneric hybrids of gladiolus x acidifier). For example, the amazingly beautiful Santa variety (543-0П-2012, Murin) even blooms in Central Ukraine in late October and is sometimes damaged by the first frost, which makes it difficult to grow it.
Of the late varieties of gladiolus, undoubtedly, the well-known variety Goddess of Love (543-П-1984, Miroshnichenko, SG) should be put in the first place. Giant, beautifully folded inflorescences of this gladiolus delight us all September. However, being bred by Nina Afanasyevna, this variety does not always have time to bloom, and even more so, form corms and a baby.
A very late flowering period includes the beautiful A.V. Murin - Fora variety. Slender, tall inflorescences of this snow-white gladiolus adorn the garden until the first frost. Good varieties of foreign selection are Deanna (463. Madison), as well as a small-flowered variety of the same author - Knokti Ruffles (233).
Amazingly beautiful variety Autumn Kiss (533-C-OO, Kiselev) which. Being declared as a variety of medium flowering periods, with directed agricultural technology it blooms beautifully as late. The grade My Ukraine is also good (554-С-1992, Miroshnichenko, SG), an ideal two-row spike with graceful corrugated flowers. Great for late cut variety Olympia (425-C-2005. Wenceslas). The flowers of this gladiolus of restrained, soft orange color are distinguished by an unusually dense texture of the petals and are very stable in cut. The old, forgotten variety D always pleases with September floweringжhive - this green-flowered gladiolus is remarkable for its resistance to disease.
See also: Care for gladioli during and after flowering
What are the features of late-flowering cultivars?
LANDING TIMES OF VLADIOS OF DIFFERENT FLOWERS.
As a rule, in the literature it is recommended to plant late varieties in the first place. However, it should be noted that the timing of landing depends on the goals. If it is supposed to get flowering and there is no need to get planting material, the planting dates can be shifted to a later period. As you know, for the formation of a full-fledged planting material (corms and baby), the gladiolus needs 35-45 days after flowering (or cutting inflorescences). Accordingly, the landing dates are calculated.
Regulation of flowering time by the size (parsing) of planting material. Any variety can vary in terms of flowering, depending on the size of planted corms. The difference in flowering time can be 20-25 days. In practice, this means that the medium-flowering variety, planted with small corms 3 parsing (1,5-2,0 cm) in the later stages (second half of May) will bloom as late - in September, sometimes in October. However, each variety requires an individual approach.
Disease prevention during the cultivation of late varieties should be strictly observed. A long growing season (it can be twice as long as the growing season of very early varieties) of course, increases the likelihood of plant infection. The weather conditions of autumn, such as differences in night and daytime temperatures, rains, etc., contribute to the development of diseases. Therefore, an integrated approach to disease prevention is of particular importance, and the most important thing here is the phytosanitary condition of the soil and crop rotation.
© Author: Igor GRECHANIY, florist, city of Alexandria. Photo by Svetlana BURLACHENK0
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I really love gladioli, but for two years now, in my country house, flowers have grown only in one color of pink. The neighbors are already laughing: “Look, Tamara Ivanovna, we have a specialist in pink gladioli!” But I don’t laugh at all. On the contrary, even tears welling up!
I buy bulbs of different varieties (burgundy, red, white, yellow) in a specialized horticultural center and on the market, and I choose only those in packages. I plant by all the rules, because the plants grow large. But in spite of this, they are all of just one bored color!
Dear gardeners, tell me, what am I doing wrong? Maybe you need to change the storage conditions of the bulbs? I wrap each in newsprint, but I keep all the varieties in one box, which I put on a fruit box in the refrigerator. Is this really the reason? Or did something happen to the soil? Please help me figure it out!
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Last season I had a problem with gladioli - when the flowers began to bloom, the flower stalk broke and fell. Is it a disease or improper cultivation?
Irina Simankova, Pskov
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- Inflorescences can break down with an unbalanced nutrition of gladiolus, and this usually occurs with an excess of nitrogen. Peduncle becomes weak, sparse, the distance between the buds
increases. "Overfed" flowers gain more mass than expected, as a result of the peduncle does not stand and breaks. Therefore, you should follow the recommendations for feeding these flowers. By the way, there is a drug for the strength of the stem - "Siliplant". It contains trace elements in a chelated form with silicon, which increases the strength of peduncles.
Tamara LAZAREVICH, collector of gladioli, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region
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Tell me, is it possible to quickly grow bulbs from very small children of gladiolus, which will bloom next year?
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There is nothing complicated about it. First of all, so that small children (and bulbs) wintered well, after the initial treatment they should be wiped with a cloth soaked in diesel fuel. This will protect planting material from diseases.
For germination, they take a box (30x10x7 cm), put wet sawdust on the bottom, and the children put one row on them. A thin layer of hay or dry grass is placed on top, and the box is tightly closed with glass. However, its bottom should have openings so that the planting material breathes.
Then the sprouted gladioli babies are laid in grooves pre-watered with water, sprinkled with dry earth with a layer of 1 cm, and the bed itself or the furrow is tightly covered with a film. As soon as friendly shoots appear, they remove it. If you grow bulbs in this way, you can achieve 100% germination.