Gladioli ?

[Kirk]

Rather simple - do they die back in the winter?

Bought a few bulbs or whatever, a few years back. Never did anything.
Sometime I have moved the remains to a different place, didn't realise I had moved them until 5 sprouted this year.

Have been only small, no flowers and about 15-20 inches tall, nice compact blades of leaves.

So far as half expected. The unexpected is I still have 5 nice compact blades of leaves 15-20 inches tall, and I would have thought they would have died back for the winter.

So do they die back or what?

[Snadger]

Mine have died back but the brown leaves are still standing

[elsie-scot]

The ones that have been insitu for a few years have died back and are now all brown leaves but the ones I planted late in year (end summer cheap box) didn’t flower but still have green stems.