Plant summer bulbs such as gladiolus, dahlias and lilies. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
My front yard sports this solo flower, a gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Gladiators!] Reference
It's there that White bought a 571-acre former gladiolus farm. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
And unexpectedly several 3 year old gladiolus decided they would grow. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Spring/Summer Garden is Done] Reference
Col d'Aja are many rare flowers, among others a species of red gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads] Reference
Ruth always said she put her kids through college with a field of gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Gladiolus « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts] Reference
The gladiolus stood tall and proud over the other plants in the flower shop. From Wordnik.com. [Gladiolus « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts] Reference
Please leave a comment with your first 50 words on the topic “gladiolus.”. From Wordnik.com. [Gladiolus « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts] Reference
These are gladiolus byzantinus, a hardy glad that grows to twenty-four inches tall. From Wordnik.com. [Containers-Part Two « Fairegarden] Reference
The splotches were gladiolus and zinnias, and I knew right away where they came from. From Wordnik.com. [Miz Pat Tackles The Duckling Killer « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Out in the flower garden, I handed Hiram my clippers and showed him where to cut zinnias and gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Miz Pat Tackles The Duckling Killer « A Fly in Amber] Reference
But he hoped he at least would earn a point or two for using lilies, freesias, delphiniums and gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [You're What?: Chapter Eleven] Reference
She sat behind a glass-topped, carved wood desk upon which stood a cut-crystal vase filled with stalks of gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test] Reference
His first work after this change was primarily with the gladiolus on a farm between Alexandria and Mount Vernon, Va. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
I know you have to take them up in the winter and store them like gladiolus, and they do not require very heavy soil. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The parentage of America is very much in doubt, as three prominent gladiolus breeders claim the honor of originating it. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Marina wasn't into plants or flowers, but as she knew what tulips looked like, she could figure out the gladiolus by default. From Wordnik.com. [The Ultimate Millionaire]
This montbretia cultivar is an Alan Bloom hybrid Crocosmia x Curtonus which has flowers and foliage that are similar to gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Plant Portrait-Croscosmias « Fairegarden] Reference
gladiolus off of a-- a grave and went to his wife's house and was standing there knocking with -- with the gladiolus in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [River-Horse: A Voyage Across America] Reference
Buy and plant summer-flowering bulbs, such as gladiolus, lilies and ornamental onions, in the spring generally February through April. From Wordnik.com. [How To Buy & Sell just about Everything] Reference
The flowers I remember from growing up were old-fashioned summer flowers: marigolds, zinnias, calendula, gladiolus, nasturtium, hollyhocks. From Wordnik.com. [2009 May] Reference
The early history of the gladiolus is an instance. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
We had to look up how to spell the word gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Such is the case with the gladiolus and the tulips. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
The wife is growing some gladiolus on the back step. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
All over the land the gladiolus bulb and the ice man begin to swell. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks] Reference
The purple gladiolus glows through all its green fields in early spring. From Wordnik.com. [Val d'Arno] Reference
Corms: appears like a on the exterior, ceramic strength inside (crocus, gladiolus). From Wordnik.com. [Wii-volution]
Some tubers are very bulb-like in appearance, as the corms of crocus and gladiolus. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
I know men who fall like this into the iris, the dahlia, the gladiolus and the peony. From Wordnik.com. [Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation] Reference
Of summer and fall-blooming bulbous plants, gladiolus is probably the most widely popular. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
Plant large gladiolus corms 4 to 6 inches deep and smaller ones 3 inches deep and 6 inches apart. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Begin planting summer bulbs such as caladiums, gladiolus and acidanthera at two-week intervals. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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