Plants 70-100 cm tall. Flowers 5-10 cm wide with a hooded or drooping top segment, in looser spikes of 10-20. Colours range from yellow to reds and pastel shades. Summer.
Bred in the 20th century from crosses of Grandiflorus cultivars with the yellow form of G. dalenii formerly known as G. primulinus. Popular cultivars include:
Flowers orange-scarlet with slightly frilled cream margins.
Gladiolus 'Princess Margaret Rose'
Flowers orange-red with yellow lower segments.
Flowers cerise, shaded paler pink in centre.
Flowers white, shaded yellow in throat.
