GLADIOLUS ILLYRICUS : Wild Gladiolus(?)




Two typical views. Soil well worked heavy ESSEX UK clay based soil. These plants have been here, or close by, for 40 years. Vigorous. Lots of new minicorms when disturbed. Plants look to be wild. Literature mentions escapes. Near Billericay. Literature further mentions a second british native gladiolus, the field gladiolus.



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