gladiola

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Freesia and gladiola are best planted after Mother's Day.

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  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated

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  • Freesia and gladiola are best planted after Mother's Day. —  Blog updates
  • I'd rather you'd make a 'gladiola' of me, too. —  Cricket at the Seashore
  • I go now into my cellar to bring out the gladiola bulb and the homesick turnip of last year. —  Remarks
  • The gladiola bulbs are looking older than when I put them away last fall. —  Remarks
  • I could squeeze along two years without the gladiola and the oleander in the large tub. —  Remarks
 

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