Angelo: We have many old G. dalenii hybrids, but haven't seen anything like that...quite nice! Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of ang.por@alice.it Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 4:13 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Gladiolus dalenii hybrid Dear friends, I have got this presumably old Gladiolus dalenii hybrid, which is rather spread in Northern Italy and thus probably quite cold hardy. The leaves apper in spring like normal gladioli hybrids and the plant developes the usual 6-7 leaves, but it doesn't put any spike till early October. I wonder if anyone know this cultivar. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/… Angelo Porcelli Apulia - Southern Italy
