August – Gladiola

Botanical name : Gladiolusspp . and cvs . ( syn . Acidantheraspp . and cvs.)Common name : Gladiola , sword lily

Gladiolas ( you could call them gladiola , for short ) are the birth flower for people bear in August . Sword - form glad get their name from the Latin wordgladius , which means – you guessed it – sword .

the great unwashed think of glad as sometime - fashioned . You might even recall your grandparents talking about growing glad . Maybe you ’re thinking you have an previous - fashioned , not - so - exciting giving birth flora . After all , roses have such a full-bodied and meaningful history , and delphinium ’ poisonous extracts were used to scare away Scorpion !

But remember that Claude Monet liked older - fashioned gladiolus enough topaint them . Even better , you canbreed your ownGladiolushybrids . If that ’s not a cool birth peak , then I do n’t sleep together what is .

Have you had luck with breeding glads ?

See all parentage bloom / plant : January : Carnation , February : Iris , March : Daffodil , April : Daisy , May : Lily of the Valley , June : Rose , July : Delphinium , August : Gladiola , September : Aster , October : Pot Marigold , November : Chrysanthemum , December : Paperwhite

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