Gladiator Academy Season 1 Episode 3 Blooms of Doom

GLADIOLUS, a slightly mad, but likeable scientist, who has been exiled from Rome for his disastrous plant experiments, seeks refuge as an Academy recruit. The new gladiator talks to the plants, not to mention cabbages and rutabagas - and if his new "plant formula" is a success, he will be able to boost plant IQ so that the leafy creatures will obey his every command.