Gladioli are half-hardy in temperate climates.
Oldsmar had dairy farms and farms of peppers, tomatoes, corn, gladioli and grapes.
He sold seedlings of lilies, gladioli and wheat.
The beds were planted with a seasonal mix of bulbs, annuals and shrubs such as gladioli, hollyhocks, tulips, pansys and azaleas.
Gladioli have been extensively hybridized and a wide range of ornamental flower colours are available from the many varieties.
By 1880, the breeding of gladioli in pure colours succeeded for the first time.
A few days later a tribute of flowers including gladioli were left anonymously on the shattered trunk.
In the autumn, a further display occurs when gladioli, dahlias, carnations and asters flower.
