Gladiolus Tristis - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Lettuce

Gladiolus Tristis - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds LettuceGladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family. 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 Floristic

the plants form dense

Alfresco Mixture Red and green leaf lettuces with arugula

Seed heads attract birds

cylindrical zucchinis

They are shiny dark green above and paler green below

The bark is green-yellow to orange and exfoliates in papery strips to reveal the yellow inner bark

a length of about 8 cm and a diameter of 5 cm

while their bases clasp the twigs

and firm with sweet salmon coloured flesh

Rosettes of smooth lanceolate leaves 2cm long

A beautiful mix of lavender-pink

they are peltate