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Gladiolus and Dahlias: Fun Facts and Garden History for these August Garden Superstars

Close-up of a blooming gladiolus stem with multiple soft pink, trumpet-shaped flowers in layers, set against a blurred background of other colorful gladiolus flowers and green foliage in a sunlit garden.

“I’ll never forget what my friend Joel Karsten, the author of Straw Bale Gardening, told me about how easy it is to plant Gladiolus in conditioned straw bales. Once the flowers are done blooming in the fall, you kick the straw bale over, and all the corms fall out for easy gathering.” March 4, 1956…