The mission of the NAGC (North American Gladiolus Council) is to further the development and appreciation of the gladiolus by offering support to all growers, hybridizers, and admirers on an international scale, beginning in North America.
We support growers of all scales, from gardeners who plant a few corms to commercial growers of thousands of corms. Our bulletin regularly includes information on how to grow Gladiolus and treat issues that arise in cultivation.
We support hybridizers in creating and disseminating new cultivars by managing an international registry of new cultivars, providing that information to the public through our website and in our publications. Annually, we sponsor multiple trial gardens for identifying outstanding introductions to be named as All America Selections. We have regular articles on gladiolus hybridization in our bulletin and maintain a list of pedigrees that extends back to the earliest varieties from the end of the 19th century.
We support admirers of Gladiolus by standardizing the rules for Gladiolus exhibitions and accrediting both spike and design judges. We provide regular articles in our bulletin on decorative arrangements using Gladiolus and notices regarding Gladiolus flower shows that are open to the public. Each year, we publish up-to-date cultivar lists showing ones that have done well in Gladiolus shows and those that are popular with our members.
