Gladiolus Abbreviatus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Anise

Gladiolus Abbreviatus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds AniseGladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas). The genus is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. The centre of diversity of the genus is located in the Cape

40cm evergreen groundcover

and to the Canary Islands and Macaronesia

dark-green colour

densely hairy grey-green leaves

The only chilli hotter has been genetically engineered in England

fleshy fruit crowded on spikes that ripen from late winter to spring and are much sought after by birds

The flowers are produced on penicles which resemble to a foxglove flower in early spring

Yellow lower tepals make this a highly attractive all round plant

and south through eastern Mexico and Central America to Panama

Shoots form dense clusters with very small blue-green leaves and yellow to red silky glossy flowers in the summer

Mature trees in China are broadly conical and grow about 100 feet tall from thick buttressed roots

Naturally found in grassland in Natal