Gladiolus

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Gladiolus murielae 12-18" tall. Sword-like foliage is topped by wonderfully scented star-shaped white flowers with mahogany-purple centers on arching stems. Beautiful in the garden or as a cutflower. Z7. read more

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Large-Flowering Glad Mix

Gladiolus Bulbs

Gladiolus 36" tall. A mercurial mix of colors, stripes, stipples, bicolors, tricolors, and everything else under the sun—what fun! read more

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Nanus Glad Mix

Gladiolus Bulbs

Gladiolus 24" tall. Marvelous miniature glads in mixed colors, bicolors and butterfly types. Very satisfying clumped in a bed or as cuts. They’re just darling! Z6. read more

Gladiolus

Showy summer bloomer excels as a cutflower. Each stalk is covered with 10 or more open funnel-shaped flowers that bloom from bottom to top. Named for their sword-like leaves; a gladiolus is a small Roman sword. Each stalk blooms for about a week, roughly 8 weeks after planting.

Growing Gladiolus

After the last spring frost, plant corms in full sun 5" deep and 8" apart. Stagger plantings for a long season of blooms: First planting in early to mid-May, then again every two weeks through mid June. This schedule will keep the flowers coming July through August.
Hill or stake the corms at planting time to keep the plants from keeling over when the foliage and flower spikes get top heavy.
Mulch with straw to retain even moisture and prevent weeds.
Cut the stalks when 2–3 blossoms have opened, taking care to spare the leaves, which feed the developing corm.
To overwinter, dig corms after the tops have died, discard the old one, clean the new one, allow it to dry off, and store them in paper bags in a well-ventilated cool (35–45°) dark dry place.