Right now at this house I have glads, ginger lilies and irises. My other house I had glads, dafs, hyacinths, crocus, and irises.

My friend has loads and loads of just about every kind of bulb their is to grow here and then some that don't believe it or not. She grows almost nothing but bulb type plants. I told her she needs to get some perenials in her garden and gave her a BS mag to take home. Now she told me she has a bunch picked out to order. I got her hooked now!
Meghan

I have calla, canna and caladium I grow in pots on the deck. I have fall crocus and colchicum around and both byzantine and abyssinian gladiolus. The abyssinian are tender so I dig and store overwinter but the byzantine are hardy here. I planted some other "hardy" glads this spring. We will see how they do. All of these glads are much more loose than the typical stiff gladiolus and harmonize better in the garden in my mind.

I agree, Jackie, about the looseness. Abyssinian Gladioli look super with Mexican Bush Sage, they bloom together here. I put little clumps of 5 glads along the Salvia.

I tried glads, cannas, dahlias, etc. They'll bloom for me a bit, but nothing like what most people get. Not to mention, they're an absolute pain to dig out in the fall. So, I think I might give them all away this year!

Tracy

When my glads are in bloom - it stops the traffic. I have tons of them, and plant more each year. Love them! This year I planted red and white, and they have not opened yet.

I have white callas, three or four clumps of colored callas, dahlias, cannas, ginger and amaryllis (in pots). Alas, gladiolas do not do well for me in my micro climate....the same for caladiums. Never stops me from trying the caladiums, though....I love their colors.