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gladiolus (glads)

Plant

  • Tender perennial
  • 1-5' tall
  • Upright habit

Leaf

  • Long, sword-shaped
  • From underground corm (modified stem)

Flower

  • 2-4" wide
  • Clustered in many-flowered, one-sided spike
  • Bloom progresses from bottom to top of spike
  • Color varies by cultivar

Corm

  • Propagated by corms (modified underground stems)