My favourite cut flowers for the house are gladiolas

I love them too. Remember when they were decor in elegant movies from the 30s - 50s?

Here are my fave:

OP: You must be a Greer Garson fan. Gladiolas, white ones, were her character's favorite flower in the film "Blossoms in the Dust"(one of my all-time guilty pleasure movies)

I'm a glads fan too, especially the deep red and purple ones.

A lovely flower despite the gruesome history of their name. It's the shape of the leaves that called to mind a gladius, the Roman word for a sword(it's the reason gladiators have their name)

Strange you should post about them today, gladioli are the flower for August.

Easy to grow, hardy and always produce a corm(similar to a bulb) to provide flowers for the next year.

R2, so which? The callas or the orchids?

Calla lilies make me think of my mother's funeral; I had white callas exclusively at the funeral home, the church service, and the cemetery. One of her faves. They were beautiful though, a florist friend of mine had them flown in because there were none in the city at the time. He said it was fairly standard practice thankfully,

I don't think I've seen a yellow gladiolus in a yard or anything. I like the coral colored ones. The yellow ones are pretty though, I Googled.

Or hiss, R4.

Or hiss! LMAO. My autocorrect speaks DataLounge!

Orchids.

I better not smell or see one Freesia.

No. Gladioli are funeral flowers. All my life that's what they were.

I like gladiolas too, but mine don't last very long in the house. Zinnias last longer for me and I like the assortment of colors.

I j'adore tulips.

My grandmother was florist and glads, along with lilies, were always funeral flowers.

OP = Dame Edna

I love gladiolas and used to grow them.wvery year. I only have container garden now so this year I am growing sweet peas. Also an August bloomer.

Tulips are my current favorites, sadly they don't last long.

I only bring in flowers that I grow in my yard.

Depending on the time of year I have my choice of roses, gardenias, sasanquas, daffodils, jonquils, camellias, irises, oleanders, hydrangeas, and azaleas.

[quote] I j'adore tulips.

J'adore means I adore.

I j'adore jadore!

[quote]J'adore means I adore.

Do you know what fuck you means?

grosse pétasse!

I j'adore stuttering!

I t'aime you.

Gladiolas are used extensively in my town’s garden club beautification projects as well as the corner Mobil station’s landscape.

I have two massive surprise sunflowers growing just outside my front door. They bloomed last week.

There is a dandelion in my alley that is over 6 ft tall.

My mum grew up in India. We always had fresh gladiolas in the house, she said they are the flower thrown on the funeral pyres. I found that strange.

I used to love peonies but Mama said no because they have these tiny bugs crawling all over them.

r27 Ants do love those peonies.

Nothing beats a simple bunch of summer Zinnias

It’s gladiolus (single) or gladioli (plural).

r30 Correct.

r29 I like zinnias and always grow them. Hate that they get powdery mildew which shortens their life. There are a few varieties that are resistant to PM and worth seeking out.

I enjoy deadheading.

I grow peonies but not for cutting. You could cut them and immerse the entire cutting in a deep bucket of water to kill the ants. I would rather leave the peonies growing in the garden during their short season and letting the ants be part of the natural ecosystem.

Not familiar with this plant. But I remember the scene in Marnie. Marnie is triggered by the red gladiolas and insists on switching them out with white chrysanthemums.

“The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.”

― Katherine Hepburn - Stage Door (1937)