Landscapers can add colour to their garden designs by using a huge range and variety of flowers. The Gladiolus is one of the flowers that landscapers use that has a huge variety. The height of the thick flower stalk which rises from the corm may reach little more than 1 ft or as much as 5 ft. The open trumpet-shaped flowers range from from the width of an egg cup to the size of a saucer and the colour span the rainbow. If you are a landscaper this can really brighten up your garden design.

The common family features worth noting for landscapers are upright, sword like leaves and six petaled flowers which all point the same way. There are one or two hardy species but these are not the ones you see in every street in the land. These popular ones are the half hardy hybrids, planted in spring to flower in summer and then lifted at the end of October. These corms are stored in a cool but frost free place for planting out in the following spring. These showy plants are easy to grow in good soil and a sunny situation.

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Remember to water thoroughly during dry weather once the flower spikes have appeared. They cannot be faulted as cut flowers but they do have a few drawbacks as bedding plants for garden display.  Careful stalking is sometimes necessary and the blooming period for an individual flower spike lasts for only two weeks. Still, they do provide a bold splash of colour for those two weeks in your garden.

LandscaperKevin Baumann
Kevin Baumann is an award-winning landscaper with vast experience in garden design. Kevin has spent 20+ years honing his landscaping skills on projects across Dublin and Wicklow. In 1992 he graduated from the National Botanic Gardens with a National Diploma in Garden Design and landscaping. He then successfully completed a Higher National Diploma & Bachelors of Science Degree (Hons) at the University of Leeds. In 1996 he was conferred with an Honours Degree in Horticulture & Garden Design. Kevin has won numerous awards for his garden designs. He has been awarded Gold ALCI Awards for gardens created in 2016, 2014, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2004, A gold medal in Garden Heaven Show RDS in 2002 and Gold Medal Prize at the Maynooth Garden Festival in 2000. Kevin has also been featured in Irish television, radio and horticultural literature, showcasing his knowledge in garden design & Construction.

Expertises: Landscaping, Garden Design
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