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International Conference on

Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability

ESCON22/SAgri/39

Display characteristics of different varieties of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus) in
landscape
Muhammad Asad Shabbir*1, Adnan Younis1, Ahsan Akram1, M.Asif1, Rao M. Aftab Jamil1

1Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad.
Correspondence: asadshabbir199@gmail.com

Abstract
Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.) is popular due to its diverse exotic color and floral
morphology which could make it an integral part of the modern landscape. Utilization of
different ornamental plants in landscape imparts a number of positive effects on climate and
society. Therefore, present research was conducted to compare different gladiolus cultivars
based on various morphological, floral quality attributes and community response. Four
different gladiolus cultivars (White Prosperity, Purple Flora, Red Balance and Rose Supreme)
were evaluated. Experiment was carried out following randomized completely block design
(RCBD) with three replications. Data were analyzed by using Software “Statistic 8.1” and
treatment means were compared by using Tukey’s test at 5% significance level. The statistical
analysis based on different morphological traits of the evaluated cultivars revealed that the
cultivar named “White Prosperity” showed the best performance based on flower quality and
other growth attributes. The cultivar named “Purple Flora” was observed to be least effective;
while the remaining cultivars including “Red Balance” and “Rose Supreme” were observed to
be intermediate in performance as compared to that of White Prosperity and Purple Flora
cultivars. In addition, a population-based survey was carried out to assess the use of gladiolus
as a bedding plant in landscape. The conducted survey revealed that the respondents with age
less than 30 years were the most frequent respondents as compared to the other age groups. A
significant amount of the respondents encouraged the utilization of gladiolus as a bedding plot
in landscape. In conclusion, present study identified “White Prosperity” as a best performing
gladiolus cultivar under Faisalabad agro-ecological conditions and a promising candidate to be
utilize in landscape as a bedding plot. Moreover, based on the analysis of the public survey
conducted, it has been concluded that the inclusion of gladiolus as a bedding plant in landscape
could create new vista in landscape horticulture.
Keywords: agro-ecological, White Prosperity, Gladiolus grandifloras, Landscape

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