Gladiolus Dalenii - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Rainbow

Gladiolus Dalenii - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds RainbowGladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas). The genus is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. The centre of diversity of the genus is located in the Cape

It blooms in mid summer

small bluish-green leaves

mostly broad heart-shaped

Some species can hybridize with Osteospermum

Indeterminate

"Mohata-o-mosoueu"

mature trees commonly without thorns

Seeds should be refrigerated

whitish thorns

The genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan

A several stemmeddeciduous tree with red to grey bark

combined with habitat destruction