Gladiolus in the vase

Cut gladiolus flowers

Gladioli are one of those flowers that should not be cut when they are fully open. Also, do not cut the stem too deep, because this plant residue also nourishes the root and ensures that it can store enough nutrients for the new vegetation period.

-And off to the vase

Recreate the flowers cutting As soon as possible in the vase so that the conduction pathways of the plant are not blocked by the reaction with air. Always use fresh, room temperature tap water. Before arranging the flowers in the vase, you should remove the foliage from the lower third of the stem. Then take care of the gladioli as follows:

• Clean the vase and replace the water daily.
• As with all bulbous plants, you should avoid fresh flowers with gladioli, as this shortens the duration of the bloom.
• Even home remedies such as a copper coin or sugar no longer keep the gladioli fit, but rather have the opposite effect.
• Occasionally freshly cut gladioli with a knife.
• Do not put the bouquet in the sun.
• Cut off faded bells immediately so that the top flowers also open.

Do not cut all the flowers for the vase

Since the flower, like all other parts of the plant, ensures that the gladiolus in the bulb provides important nutrients store for the next gardening season, you should not cut all the flowering shoots of the gladioli that have been planted. Even if the onion looks intact after it has been cut, it could be that it sprouts only weakly in the next year and does not set any flowers.