Moraea polystachya

I do like this, but have enough frost tender plants to nurture.

The colours wonderful.

I need something for the winter, so I have started growing Moraeas and Gladioli. The first seeds of Moraea huttonii have already started germinating.

I must check the RHS seed list when it comes out as I know there were some Moraea on it one year, wasn't sure how easy they were to germinate though but if you say easy I may give them a go :-)
That's if I have room I took advantage of a 10 packets for £10 offer Thompson and Morgan had over the weekend, did only buy things I knew I had room for though mainly several different foxgloves for the wood:-)

I leave my Gladiolus in the ground over winter, but I do live in the warmer South of the UK.

You have the hybrid types. My species types (there are 225 of them!) have started to grow, and they should have the first flowers in January. They need to remain at a minimum of 50°F during the winter and dry during the summer. They don't get very tall, maybe 18". There are some summer growing ones, but I haven't gotten the seeds ... yet. Germinating Moraea seeds is easier than the glads.

Had no idea, Wylie, that there were so many Glad species. Only have G. papilio and byzantinus, blooming nuisance, go walk about! And acidanthera which goes into the garage overwinter.

There are 220 species in the Moraea group, so it should take up a lot of space for them as I am able to get more seeds - I got seeds for 4 species of Moraeas and 2 species of Gladioli in the mail today.