cornflag
sword lily
Gladiolus latin

Gladiolus) : Cornflag (type species)

Chasmanthe floribunda (South African Cornflag, Pennants)

If garden centers offered gladioluses under one of their old-fashioned monikers, such as corn flags or sword lilies, perhaps more of them would be grown.

It is sometimes called the 'Sword lily', but usually by its generic name (plural gladioli, gladioluses, glads).

Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas).

Gladiolus palustris, common name Marsh gladiolus or Sword Lily, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the genus Gladiolus of the Iridaceae family.

The first thing she saw was a vase of fresh gladiolus.

The leaves grow in a fan, like those of a gladiolus.

"I didn't see a single gladiolus walk by the street all year."

"All day I've had people calling and telling me about the gladioli.

If you like gladiolus, plant them every two weeks from now until mid-June.

That looks like a cross between a orchid and a gladioli.

She had finished the gladioli and was taking off her rubber gloves.

I believe they are a kind of gladioli, but can't find any reference to them in my books.

In the summer, she had a row of gladioli.

The body, or gladiolus, is the longest part of the sternum.

At least the tall spires of gladiolus had no scent.

A gift of West Country gladioli is a lucky break.

What a contrast to the beautiful gladioli grown by Carole in pots.

"I check the gladioli when I get to the theater," he said.

When he turns up back at the flat, he has a bunch of red gladioli.

The flower spikes are not unlike those of the gladiolus, except they have more appeal.

Listen to children's ideas (the red gladiolus, for example).

Which brings us to another summer bulb that has yet to be re-embraced: gladiolus.

Will the loud and lowborn gladiolus ever win a place in perennial society?

A brother Frank had an interest in gladioli.

The roses, gladioli and geraniums basked in the late summer sun.

He turned off along another path under the windows and went along the side of the house past the gladioli beds.

By 1880, the breeding of gladioli in pure colours succeeded for the first time.

Gladioli are the flowers associated with a fortieth wedding anniversary.

On top of the clay was a single wreath of battered gladioli.