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digging up gladiolus bulbs?
I'm a lazy gardener, I'm not gonna lie. I'm also pretty irresponsible when it comes to winterizing my perennial gardens. I usually just pray that everybody survives the winter, and if they don't, I usually just replace them the following spring.
Over the weekend, I bought a bag of about a dozen assorted gladiolus bulbs for $5, and I'm excited to get them in the ground and growing. I've been reading up on glads, though, and I keep seeing that you should dig up the bulbs in the fall in regions where the ground freezes. That's me - I'm in New England - but I don't know anyone that digs up any of their bulbs in the fall, and I had never heard of this. If I don't dig them up, will they just not come back next year? I don't want to have to dig up and replant them every year . . .
Re: digging up gladiolus bulbs?
Technically, gladiolus is a corm, not a bulb.
But anyway--where are you going to plant them? Near your foundation, where it might be warmer, depending on which side of the house you plant, you might not have to lift them, but out in a bed somewhere in the yard you would.
We are in Zone 4 and every avid gardener digs them back up here. If you don't they typically still survive but eventually they turn all white and loose their beautiful colors. Some varieties are harder than others. The cheap grab bag ones aren't perennials in my area.
I'm lazy so I plan to get some hardy glads this year instead. They are smaller than the traditional ones but will keep their colors and don't need to be dug up each year. Here's an example.
Sugar & Spice