Tuesday 9 November 2021

Putting the gladioli to bed

Next to the asparagus bed is a small area designated the cutting garden. Here I grow some annuals specifically for cutting to bring into the house. Included is a row of gladioli which come up regularly each year. The corms have been bulking up, too, so that they provide a good supply of fresh gladioli blooms during the summer. I have two varieties here whose names I can't remember but they can be enjoyed just as much without knowing what they called. They are a bit too flamboyant for the border but perfect for picking and they create quite an impression indoors in a vase.

I treated the gladioli bed in the same way as the asparagus yesterday. The layer of compost mulch should keep them snug over winter. On this somewhat grey November day with darkness falling by 4:45 pm, here is a reminder of summers past and yet to come.





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