Gladiolus
Southern Africa
the 1700s–1800s
Lightly sweet to virtually scentless
Strength, integrity & remembrance
Named for the Latin gladius, or sword, after its tall, blade-like leaves. Each stem then stacks funnel-shaped blooms that open from the base upward, and that vertical line gives an Amicis arrangement its height and architecture, drawing the eye skyward where rounded flowers would settle flat.
