Whistling Jacks bought on the Isles of Scilly last year.

I have just looked it up and the correct name is Gladiolus Comunis but on Scilly everyone calls them Whistling Jacks!!

Lovely, no I've never heard that name either !

Me neither ! What a lovely surprise Chris !

I have these. They are not quite flowering yet, but I protected them with short canes and string on Friday so they have survived the winds...so far. I do love the colour of them. No, I 'd never heard if their common name either!

A new one to me too!

Super isn't it when something appears we had forgotten we'd planted?

Thanks everyone , mine are in need of stakes I think!!