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Gladiolus murielae
Also called Abyssinian Gladiolus, Peacock Gladiolus
Acidanthera (Gladiolus murielae) is a cormous perennial from eastern Africa, grown for its fragrant white flowers with a dark throat blotch in late summer. Plant the corms in spring in full sun and lift them before frost where winters are cold.
Gladiolus murielae is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to Mozambique. It has been given a number of English names, including Abyssinian gladiolus, fragrant gladiolus, peacock gladiolus, and peacock orchid. It was formerly placed in the genus Acidanthera as Acidanthera bicolor.
It is a cormous perennial growing to 70–100 cm (28–39 in) tall, with linear leaves, and in late summer numerous fragrant white flowers with a maroon (occasionally orange) blotch in the throat, on slender nodding stems. Widely cultivated, it is a common subject in western and southern European gardens, where the corms are lifted every year and stored in frost-free conditions.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gladiolus murielae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
