Gladioli byzntinus...

beautiful .
hope the rain clears up for you soon

I do rather agree with you about the look of gladis - this one is so much nicer than most.

thanks Eileen, aside from the gardening thing, it is also half term holidays, can make life with a little monkey very hard! lol and yes i do like them Bernieh, although i must say i like the big blousey ones too, but in there place,,,i have several varieties of them in my hotter coloured borders, i really like the unusual colours - lime green, burgandy and orange make a stunning combo!

I have a lot of these, they like my front garden and pop up all over the place. I like them, too, so I don't mind!

I'm with Alan Titchmarsh on this one. I hate the big ones but love this beauty. I love to see it popping up in the wrong places to change the supposedly 'correct' planting scheme.

LOL - you'd like my front bed, then, Vincent!...not that I have a 'correct' planting scheme...

lol my front garden too, i kind of just let things move around as they like to, picking out the odd weed - if there is any room for one to grow that is lol. i did'nt know that this vareity spread so much but glad, because as you say it is welcome to do it's stuff in my garden :-)

It must be by seed...these grow from corms, don't they??

yes they do, that's good then will be easy to propergate.

I saw these on Chelsea Flower Show this year, Alan T and Joe Swift were talking about them, really lovely, on the wish list, Majeek....

i'll let you know if i get some seeds Motinot

Smashing, saw these in Devon many years ago, couldnt find them, bought them on Ebay recently, put them in pots to keep am eye on them lol