A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs Glads won't bloom

Hey all!

Sorry I haven't been around for so long. Lost my internet for awhile. Glad to be back. My question is why don't my Glads bloom? They are 4 years old now and have never bloomed. They have great foliage but I didn't buy them just for that, I want the pretty flowers lol. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I'm in zone 7 and I leave mine in the ground, they are not up yet for this year, but I usually get really pretty blooms from mine

Reasons for follage but not flowers are sometimes attributed to the depth they are planted. Because the glads create the new bulbs underneath the previous years bulb they can go pretty deep. So you might want to make sure they are buried no more than 3 inches deep for next year. That's the only thing I know to check. Mine bloom fine. I'm also in zone 7.

I'm not sure exactly which one it is. It's either 9b or 10. I leave them in the ground and my oak trees do the mulching, lol. It does not get very cold here and we get snow maybe once or twice a winter but it doesn't stay very long, a day or two. My local nursery said to leave them. The depth may be an issue though. I planted them 3 inches deep, but they are in a raised bed because my soil is nothing but clay and a little sand so they probably can't go any deeper if they have grown that deep. Thanks all for your help. I appreciate it greatly.