I'm growing Glaminis this year for the first time...there's a thread here somewhere. One of them looks ready to bloom. I will post pics and my thoughts on them once they set some blooms. The description wif these bulbs indicated they require no staking and produce smaller stalks and flowers. Time will tell. I hate staking. I did grow them close to my fence just in case.

I also was happy to read they don't need staking. I planted 30 of them in May and they started blooming this week.

As soon as all the flowers were out, the bloom bent all the way to the ground, they didn't snap but once down there was no getting them back up. I'm buying some small stakes this weekend for the rest of the bunch.

Primulinus and Dalenii hybrids, sometimes called butterfly gladioli, rarely need staking and there are a number of small nanus varieties such as Red Atom, Nymph etc. G.colveillii 'The bride' has always been a reliable little bloomer and I also naturalise a few of those g.byzantinus,/g.illyricus/g.communis pink and magenta species. A stunning species gladioli is the deep red papillio hybrid 'Ruby'.

my experience with the Glamini glads is the same as posted by pinkmauisunset. I've given up on "straight" glads and now use this type of support. When the foliage is yellow I cut it off, for a neater garden. Floppiness aside, I love the short glads and no longer grow the regulars, which are a more unsightly mess after they're done blooming.

Thanks, all!