Byzantine gladiolus (Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus) ... well-drained soils in full sun. ... 4 inches deep and 4 to 6 inches apart in groups of at least five to seven.

Byzantine gladiolus (Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus) is a great Southern heirloom bulb that originally was native to the area around the Mediterranean Sea. They were introduced to Europe in ...

"Bulbous garden plants are a category of geophytes, terrestrial plants with their growing points below ground on structures such as bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes," writes columnist Tom Karwin.