If you are fed up with standard colours, the Velvet Eyes gladiolus is the plant for you. Its huge purple flowers with distinct crimson spot are a feast for the eyes. The unusual combination of flowers offers stunning visual effect, no matter if in a garden composition or in bouquet at home. A gladiolus of the presented large-flowered variety reaches impressive size of over one metre. Characteristically coloured flowers that hang on a long and slender stem allow to use the plant in the central part of a planting. The Velvet Eyes gladiolus flowers in summer, filling lawns, pots, and vases with its colour. This magnificent plant is valued for its durability as cut flower too. A phenomenal bicolour bouquet of that gladiolus can adorn a room for up to 14 days!

Plant gladioli in spring, end of April/beginning of May. Put bulbs into warmed and dried soil to guarantee them a head start. Choose sunny, sheltered sites that protect tall plants from breaking. Tall and rich plants need a fertile soil that has been enriched with compost in autumn. It should also be well cultivated and permeable. Plant gladioli bulbs about 10 centimetres deep, a bit deeper in sandy soil. We recommend planting the larger gladioli varieties 10 to 20 centimetres apart. Excavate corms in autumn, clean them, and store in a dry room at a low temperature over the freezing point.

One package contains 50 gladioli bulbs of the presented variety. These bulbs are sized 12/14 centimetres in circumference. The basic plant information and growing instructions can be found on the package label.

• Variety: Velvet Eyes
• Use: ornamental - garden, cut flower
• Growth form: erect
• Flower colour: purple with crimson spot
• Vegetation form: perennial
• Site: sunny, sheltered; fertile, well-cultivated, permeable
• Bulb size (circumference):: 12/14 cm
• Bulbs: 50
• Height: 100 cm
• Flowering period: summer
• Planting period: April - May
• Planting depth (cm): 10 cm
• Planting distance (cm): 10 to 20 cm
• Wintering in the ground: no