Gladioli Red Balance

Description

Gladioli Red Balance will produce such wonderful red flowers you will be taken a back. This is a stunning variety and gladioli Red Balance is Ideal for planting in borders or amongst herbaceous plants An elegant red gladioli with a slightly darker red throat.

Red Balance produces lovely long lasting flowers. Ideal for planting in borders or amongst herbaceous plants. Gladioli make excellent cut-flowers and accordingly they prefer well drained soil, and the flowers will last longer if planted in semi-shade. In addition for a spread of flowering plant at depths 10cm, 15cm and 20cm. Can be left to over winter in soils that are not waterlogged during the winter period.

 

Cultivation instruction

Plant Indoors: They are at their best when grown outside.

Plant outside: They prefer a light well-drained soil. In heavy soils, just add grit and sand to lighten it up. Cultivate soils to a depth of 20cms and add some well rotted manure or granular fertiliser to the soil when cultivating. Plant them 10cms below the soil surface. Cover with soil and firm around bulbs to keep them in place. Leave to establish for a few years and protect from winter frosts by covering them in a couple of inches of mulch over winter. Can be left to naturalise for a number of years, regularly feed during the growing season with foods such as well rotted manures, Tomato feed and liquid seaweed for continued flowering.

For a longer season of flowers plant a few corms at regular intervals from March to April as this will give you a spread of flowering.

Care Tips:

Plant corms at 10cms, 15cms and 20cms deep for a succession of flowers

Can be left to naturalise for a number of years.

Plant with summer flowering lilies and or Dahlias for a mass of colour in the summer.

Growing information

Height: 3-4 feet (90-120cm)

Flowering period: July-August

Soil type: Free draining soils that are humus rich.

Aspect: Full sun to semi shade

Fragrant: N/A

Planting distance: 10-15cms

Planting depth: 10cms.

Full growing instructions are also provided