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Planting gladioli bulbs
with SARAH RAVEN — Acclaimed English gardener, cook and writer. Host of the UK’s No.1 gardening podcast.
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Loved for the height and contrast they provide, gladioli look great scattered amongst a dahlia bed. Here you’ll learn how to plant them using a bulb planter.
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Planting Gladioli Bulbs
I am going to plant some Gladiolus 'Plum Tart' throughout the dahlia bed. This is a grandiflora variety that will add height and interest to the bed and will provide good vertical contrast when placed next to the domes of the dahlias.
When we first started doing this, we mulched the dahlia bed and found that as a result we protected the gladioli (a tender perennial) from the frost too, so they have come back every year.
As we do with all our bulbs, we plant our gladioli using a bulb planter, which causes minimal disruption to the microlife below.
Don't cover your holes until you have finished planting, so you can remember where you have put your bulbs. Otherwise you'll end up replanting in the same place.
Remember to plant your bulbs with the pointed end sticking upwards and space them with around 10 - 15 cm between them.
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Sarah Raven
Acclaimed English gardener, cook and writer. Host of the UK’s No.1 gardening podcast.
Sarah Raven is a renowned English gardener, cook and award-winning author. She is an inspirational and passionate teacher - combining her decades of experience with her scientific approach to growing (she is medically trained) - and has been running cooking, flower arranging and gardening courses at Perch Hill, her 90-acre farm in East Sussex, and around the UK for over 30 years. She has written for a host of major publications - including House & Garden, The Saturday Telegraph, Country Living, Gardens Illustrated, Gardeners’ World Magazine and The English Garden - and presented on TV shows including Gardeners' World and BBC’s Great British Garden Revival. Her gardening and cookery books have won numerous awards including ‘Best Specialist Gardening Book’ for The Cutting Garden and ‘Cookery Book of the Year’ for Sarah Raven's Garden Cookbook. Sarah is married to the writer Adam Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West's grandson. She also has an online shop that is a brilliant destination for plants, bulbs, seeds, tools and all things garden.
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