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Polar Bear Gladiolus

Gladiolus 'Polar Bear'

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Snowy white ‘Polar Bear’ Gladiolus shines bright in your garden or cut flower display. Prolific flowers are perfect for elegant monochromatic or romantic moonlight gardens. These lovable and easy-to-grow flowers offer a striking vertical accent with smooth sword-shaped foliage. Watch for visiting hummingbirds!

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Description

(48-60" tall) ‘Polar Bear’ Gladiolus bloom with bright white, gently ruffled petals. In early to mid-summer, long elegant spikes will emerge over the strappy foliage, slowly revealing icy blooms from the bottom up. This flowering habit makes Gladiolus an excellent cut flower, as fading blossoms can be removed from the stems, allowing them to remain fresh in the vase for much longer. Planted 6 inches deep at a rate of 12 per square foot in loose, well-drained, sunny soils, the corms will quickly develop sword-like green leaves in late spring. Light staking or protection from wind is recommended. Gladiolus are perennial in zones 8-10. At the end of the season, cut back the stems, mulch well, and look forward to years of enjoyment as the corms will increase with time. For gardeners in cooler zones, the corms can be brought inside and stored in slightly dampened sawdust in the winter. Mulching corms in autumn and ensuring they are sited in well-drained soil will allow this Gladiolus to stretch to the ends of its hardiness limits.

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

4-5 ft 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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Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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"I am in love with the Polar Bear Gladiolus. Typically my first bloom is not as big and healthy as the 2nd bloom. These are absolutely gorgeous."

— Marcia (5/5)

Beautiful white glads!

"Planted along the edge of fenced in vegetable garden. All bulbs bloomed beautifully. Stalks that did lean out through fencing got nibbled by local voracious deer that also like to eat "deer resistant" irises."

— Bams (5/5)

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