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Parrot Gladiolus Mix

Gladiolus natalensis

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ZONES  3-10 | Good to grow! Zone
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Native to South Africa, this hybrid mix of multi-colored beauties with contrasting edges, throats and blended shades is spectacular. Grow your own cut flower bouquets. Cold hardy in zones 8-10. In colder zones lift the bulbs in fall and store in a cool place over the winter.

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Description

Native to South Africa, this hybrid mix of multi-colored beauties with contrasting edges, throats and blended shades is spectacular. Grow your own cut flower bouquets.

Planting & Care

Summer Blooming Bulbs, including popular varieties such as gladiolus and dahlias, are planted in the spring and bloom in the summer. Most of these bulbs are tropical and require warm weather to be planted. There must not be any danger of frost and your ground temperature must have reached 55 degrees Fahrenheit before planting. Many of our summer blooming bulbs can be planted as perennials in zones 9-10 (zone 8 if mulched), but should be treated as annuals in cooler climates. You can lift them and store them in the fall, or bring patio pots inside before frost.

Growing Gladiolus: After spring frosts are over, plant the gladiolus corms (bulbs) in your flower bed wherever you want brilliant color in mid-summer. Gladiolus take very little space in the garden and can easily be planted between other plants. After planting, keep the bulbs watered regularly. Soon you’ll have bright sword-like foliage and brilliant blooms. Gladiolus corms are inexpensive, and provide excellent color for the cost. As frost threatens, you can just forget them, and replace them with new bulbs next growing season, or dig up the corms and store them in a cool try place until the following spring.

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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
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Easy To Grow
  • Cut Flowers
  • Deer Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

56-60" tall

Bulb Spacing

4 bulbs per sq. ft.

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Planting Depth

Plant 8" deep

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Growing Zones

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

Hardiness Zone

  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10
  • Zone 11

How To Grow

Annual in colder zones

Additional Information

Grow as an annual in zones 3-7. Cold hardy in zones 8-10.

Poisonous or Toxic to Animals

Yes
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Overall rating: 4.714286 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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"Fantastic, they even included some extra bulbs guessing that some may just naturally not grow."

— Sharon (5/5)

Glads

"The only thing that survived. I was mistakenly under the impression the order wouldn't be shipped until fall. It came just as we left for vacation and everything was dead when we got back. I planted the glads and they came up beautifully"

— CP (5/5)

These are beautiful and are still making it in TX heat.

"The instructions were clear and they came up as stated. Flowers were a beautiful mix."

— Denice (4/5)

Best Gladious Mix I ever bought!

"These were the best glads I ever bought! The subtle variations of colors in each of the different glads was truly amazing, Many had striations of various colors in each bloom. Truly astounding. About 2/3 of the bulbs actually produced flowers, which is much better than what I usually got from other glad mixes."

— Professor (5/5)

Beautiful colors

"The variety of colors is delightful, and their white throats are an additional delight. This first season they bloomed well, and we are looking forward to even more blooms next year. They did get a tad top heavy but we planted them against a fence and were able to gently tie them back to prevent breaking."

— LaJaca (4/5)

Stunning color

"I scattered these among my other perennials in a new flower bed. Because the other flowers were new as well and not ready to bloom, these really filled in the gaps. They lasted several weeks too. Every one of them bloomed."

— CC (5/5)

I would buy this again.

"All 25 bulbs came up."

— DW (5/5)

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