Garden Gladiolus

Gladiolus x hortulanus

Garden Gladiolus is a bulb for bulb layer, focal point, suited to full sun and loam or sandy soil, flowering Jul, Aug, Sep.

Where to use it in a border

At around 120 cm, it sits best toward the back of a border, or on its own as a focal point with room around it. Give it about 20 cm of room to spread, roughly 5 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 7a to 10a, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, sandy soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Garden Gladiolus's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• African Marigoldto edge in front
• Angeloniato edge in front
• Bacopato edge in front
• Balloon Flower 'Sentimental Blue'to edge in front
• Bearded Iris 'Beverly Sills'to flower when it does not
• Bearded Iris 'Immortality'to edge in front

Garden styles

Cottage garden Foundation planting