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Fiorentina Gladiolus

Gladiolus 'Fiorentina'

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Behold the bold and beautiful bicolor ‘Fiorentina’ Gladiolus. Delicate chiffon white petals crimp and curl for a finely finished edge, surrounding majestic burgundy hearts. Unrivaled in elegance, ‘Fiorentina’ Gladiolus is a stunner for your garden. If you can bear to cut it, this majestic marvel excels in cut flower bouquets.

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Description

Unrivaled in elegance, bicolor ‘Fiorentina’ Gladiolus is a stunner for the summer garden. Gladioli are easy-to-grow flower bulbs available in a rainbow of colors, from soft pastels to rich vivid hues. Bulbs are planted in spring, and by mid-summer they’ll be blooming, which makes them great for filling in your garden with quick color. Their tall elegant flower spikes emerge over strappy sword-like foliage, slowly revealing blooms from the bottom up. This flowering habit makes Gladiolus an excellent cut flower.

Planting deeply will help anchor tall plants, though light staking or protection from wind is recommended.

Planting & Care

Growing Gladiolus: Everyone knows gladiolus, but not every gardener knows how easy they are to grow. The original "glad" was a wildflower from South Africa called "sword lily", which was imported into Europe in the 1840's. As with almost every other bulb, the Dutch went to work and created a grand rainbow from a quite lowly flower.

Put them close together so you'll end up with a mass of color, not just a stick here and there. One of the things that makes growing gladiolus so easy is that the plants take up almost no space. You can easily pop in the bulbs between other more permanent plants. Just find  the spaces in your garden, put in the bulbs in.

And everyone knows gladiolus are great in a vase. So be sure to plant plenty where you can cut them. They're inexpensive, and few other flowers give you so much color for the cost. When frost threatens, you can just forget them, and buy new ones in spring, or dig up the bulbs and store them until the following spring. Don't hesitate. Enjoy gladiolus this summer. You can't have too many.

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As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

Perennials and fall-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your Growing Zone. Perennial and fall-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (802) 227-7200 or contact us by email or chat.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Mid summer until frost

Advantages

  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Easy To Grow
  • Cut Flowers
  • Deer Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

36-48" tall

Bulb Spacing

4 per sq ft

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil
  • Acidic Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average

Flower Bulb Size

12/14 cm

Planting Depth

8" deep

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Plant Classification

Introduced Cultivar

Native To

Africa

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10
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