August 1, 2019 Gladiola, Edwin Way Teal, Franklyn Hugh Perring, Lord Byron, The Garden Chef, Repurposed Strawberry Jar, and Plants Named After People
Are you growing Gladiola?
The plants are also sometimes called the Sword Lily.
Gladiola is Latin for a small sword.
In Victorian times, the Gladiola meant, "You pierce my heart."
And the next time you see a Gladiola, take a closer look: Members of this family produce parts in multiples of three. There are three sepals, colored to look like petals, and three true petals, and three stamens.
Brevities
#OTD It was on this day in 1923 that the botanist Edwin Way Teale married Nelly Imogene Donovan.
The two had met while Teale was at College. After they married, they moved to New York so that Teale…
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