Butterfly group

Plants 70-110 cm tall. Flowers 7-10 cm wide in an erect congested spike. Colours range from yellow to reds and pastel shades, often with a contrasting centre and ruffled segments. Summer.

Derived from the Grandiflorus hybrids.

Gladiolus 'Black Stallion'

Flowers large, maroon.

Gladiolus 'Green Evelyn'

Flowers greenish-yellow.

Gladiolus 'Lady Killer'

Flowers mauve with pale apricot throat

Gladiolus 'Yellow Supreme'

Flowers clear yellow.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Iridaceae
genus        Gladiolus L.