Gladiolus ‘Sanguineus’

Camden Park hybrid. (Gladiolus cardinalis x G. tristis) x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid.  Hybrid No.13 of this cross.  ‘Flowered first time December 1847.  Flowers of moderate size and handsome shape, rather dark red, with large blood red spots on the lower lobes and yellowish throat.  Promises to be robust.  A good variety.’  By 1848 it had produced 2 large roots and 18 offshoots.  Described in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 primarily in an entry dated December 23rd, 1847 [MP A2948-5].