Please wait and allow the stalks to turn to the color amd consistency of the brown paper bags before removing. If removed to early, it has a tendency to effect the feeding that nature gives to the bulbs/corms during a time we believe is the ugly time. If you are concerned with the appearance, I recommend planted something that may over-shadow that until each is ready for discard. I enjoy the varying degrees of red gladioli and love adding single colors to the bunch to create different effects. Currently, I have Buck-red celosia camoflouging my glads.
Please wait and allow the stalks to turn to the color amd consistency of the brown paper bags before removing. If removed to early, it has a tendency to effect the feeding that nature gives to the bulbs/corms during a time we believe is the ugly time. If you are concerned with the appearance, I recommend planted something that may over-shadow that until each is ready for discard. I enjoy the varying degrees of red gladioli and love adding single colors to the bunch to create different effects. Currently, I have Buck-red celosia camoflouging my glads.