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Blue Moon Gladiolus Mix

Gladiolus

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Blue Moon Gladiolus Mix flowers in shades of blues and purples, lending a cool, calm feeling to the summer garden. Glads take up so little room, you can tuck them in between other plants to add a vertical pop of color - try this trick in newly-planted perennial beds to make them appear full and lush if you're worried they look sparse. (Gladiolus)

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Description

Gladiolus are easy-to-grow flower bulbs available in a rainbow of hues from soft pastels to rich vivid hues. In early to mid-summer, long elegant flower spikes emerge over the strappy foliage, slowly revealing blooms from the bottom up. This flowering habit makes Gladiolus an excellent cut flower. Plant in late spring in loose, well-drained, sunny soils. Light staking or protection from wind is recommended. Gladiolus are perennial in zones 8-11; in colder zones (3-7), they can be grown as annuals, or brought inside and stored for the winter. (Planting in the right conditions and with a good layer of insulating mulch may extend their hardiness in zones 4-7, but it’s not guaranteed.)

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

56-60" tall

Bulb Spacing

4 per sq ft

Soil Type

  • Well-Drained Soil
  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average

Flower Bulb Size

12-14 cm

Planting Depth

8" deep

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Flower Size

6-12" flowers

Plant Classification

Blend of Introduced Species & Cultivars

Native To

Africa
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Overall rating: 4.428571 / 5 from 14 reviews.

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Review topics: ["color","flowers","glads","grew"].

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Best colors I ever had

"This is great selection from bright color and very tall flowers made the borders of my fence beautiful and off course I cut so many of them for the house love the bright purple"

— Tye (5/5)

Stunning flowers

"These bulbs bloomed much taller and fuller than I anticipated. A great purchase that has drawn many admiring comments."

— Jmcarle (5/5)

gorgeous gladiolus!

"These bulbs were excellent and every single one grew and bloomed beautifully. Looking forward to next year's show when they return for the spring. :)"

— Theresa (5/5)

beautiful gladiolas

"The first 3 gladiolas i planted were dug up by a squirrel. Then I planted 4 in a somewhat shady spot and 6 in a sunnier space. This past week the sunnier spot bloomed into beautiful purple blossoms. The other side are behind but have tall stalks."

— Beano (4/5)

Oh well

"I echo Devon. I have a blues section and planted about 10 in it and another 5 in the purple section. Of the light purple (actually lavender, apparently blue to vendors) The first 6 are the lavender. The others haven't bloomed Though I'm happy they weren't pink or orange, l have found on sites like this or Brecks the actual nurseries supplying them tend to have "mixes" with colors they can't unload. I've bought mixes and calla lillies from vendors that end up 5 whites, 3 pinks and 1 yellow and one purple. The pic will have 6-7 colors and you think you'll get one of each at least, but no. In their defense, Am. Meadows and Breck are resellers, and don't make up the mixes, so they are given a pass when this happens. And all will resend another set if you desire. My point is dont always expect to get what is shown."

— David (3/5)

Beautiful colors!

"Lovely flowers."

— Catch (5/5)

Beautiful

"Beautiful"

— None (5/5)

I will and I am buying this again

"This was the first year that I was teaching one of my children and my son how to take pride into initially planting and the whole flowery. Once the whole flowering stared he was totally excited and took the proper amount of pride on something that is not instantaneously. In this generation of go go go for me is extremely important for myself that the most beautiful things take time."

— Dgordon1984 (5/5)

Beautiful

"They are beautiful. Just make sure to plant them away from the wind."

— Mari (5/5)

Bloomed beautifully

"Planted around the mailbox, likely not even true full sun but bloomed beautifully. Definitely needed staking due to being very tall (>4'). Looked exactly like the picture though."

— Pete (5/5)

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