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Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom Gb

Can any one please identify this - it is growing on the grass verge by us, obviously been dumped from someone's garden, but it is absolutely stunning, and I would love to know what it is. It is such a vivid colour, about 2'.6" high. Wondered if it was a type of small gladioli



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Lovely - I'd like to know too.

1 Jun, 2014

 

Gladioli byzantianum

1 Jun, 2014

 

More correctly these days, Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus

1 Jun, 2014

 

agree with Owdboggy lovely gladioli.

1 Jun, 2014

 

I agree, I have a lot of them in my garden

1 Jun, 2014

 

Thank you everyone for your help identifying this.

1 Jun, 2014

 

Dead easy from seed, so wait until that one has ripe pods on it and away you go. Takes about 2 years to flower from sowing.

2 Jun, 2014

 

Thanks Owdboggy - I will keep my eye on it and collect seeds when it has ripe pods. Keep a look out photos of it growing in my garden in a few years!

2 Jun, 2014

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