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Grass-like plant identification?

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  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    edited March 2021
    no, not really.. they are Gladiolus, either Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus, if the flowers are more purple... but if they are a washy pink, then they will be the lesser quality Gladiolus italicus, which is often sold incorrectly as byzantinus.. they start to flower in late April/early May... [correction.. from about mid May]..

    ...you can check the bulbs from photos here, which may indicate which you have..

    https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Gladiolus_byzantinus
    East Anglia, England
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 398
    Update... no flowers yet! This was it yesterday... 
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    My Gladiolus byzantinus have a bronze tinge to the stalk, just where it connects with the soil.  I can't see that in any of your plants, so I suspect it's a different kind of Gladiolus.
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 398
    Thanks @KeenOnGreen will wait and see what flowers appear! 😀
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 398
    Hi again all! So there is something appearing on this grass-like plant now… any ideas? 😀
  • AlisonjayneAlisonjayne Posts: 111
    I would say Gladioli :)
    Must stop buying more plants, repeat, must stop buying....
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 398
    I would say Gladioli :)
    Ah ok thank you 😊 @Alisonjayne
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 398
    I didn’t plant any and they weren’t there last year! Interesting!! X
  • fizzylizfizzyliz Posts: 398
    Update! Glad I kept my grass-like plant 😍
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    This is it - https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/89297/Gladiolus-communis-subsp-byzantinus/Details

    Great colour and shape I think and also good for pollinators so a treasure.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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