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Flowering bulb?

bizzybee 2

bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

June 2019 in The potting shed

Can anyone identify this beautiful flowering bulb which appears in my garden every year? It's vivid pink and the centre goes purplish as it fades. It's about 28 inches high and started to flower at the end of May. I would love to plant more if I only knew what it was.

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Lyn Posts: 23,190

June 2019

Could you show a photo of it please.

Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.

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bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

June 2019

Wish I could, but I can't seem to get in on!!

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Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

June 2019

Try reducing the size of the pic ... that usually does it 😊

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

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bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

June 2019

Here goes!

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Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

June 2019

It’s Gladiolus byzantinus

https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/bulbs/bulbs_for_naturalising/gladiolus_communis_subsp_byzantinus.htm

Love them
😊

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

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bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

June 2019

Thanks so much - I thought it was like a small gladioli. Will it increase?

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