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Plant ID help

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: 88,147
    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. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    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: 15,039
    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.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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