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Peacock Orchid

Gladiolus murielae

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ZONES  3-10 | Good to grow! Zone

Peacock Orchids delivers graceful, white orchid-like flowers with deep, merlot-colored centers. Each flower stalk produces several blooms, one opening after the other, just like it's close relative, the garden Gladiolus. Extremely easy to grow, these beautiful blooms produce a sweet scent reminiscent of jasmine, which is stronger at night, adding a delicate allure to both moonlit gardens and bouquets.

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Description

Peacock Orchids, absolute knock-outs in the garden, are actually not an orchid at all, but a Gladiolus! Each flower stalk produces several orchid-like blooms, each opening sequentially from late summer through fall. The individual flowers last a few days and make long-lasting cut flowers. Make sure to place Peacock Orchids where you can enjoy their lovely jasmine-like fragrance, which gets stronger at night.

Like a peacock, these exquisite flowers will rise above sword-like foliage and open like spectacular rare orchids. Due to their narrow profile, Peacock Orchids can be placed in tight spaces throughout a garden, but perform exceptionally well when placed in groups of 5 or more, or as a drift through a border or meadow.

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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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

Advantages
  • Easy To Grow
  • Cut Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant
Light Requirements
  • Full Sun
Bloom Time
Late summer until frost

Additional information

Planting Time
  • Spring / Summer
Soil Moisture
  • Average
Soil Type
  • Average Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil
Flower Size
3-5" flowers
Mature Height
18-24" tall
Bulb Spacing
4 per sq ft
Flower Bulb Size
8 cm
Planting Depth
3-5" deep
Growing Zones
  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10
Hardiness Zone
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10
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