Gladiolus 'Peter Pears'

These make fabulous cut flowers - the most luscious tangerine orange; every exotic looking.

You will want to keep every ...Read Morelittle baby corm when you dig up the mother corms in the fall. Plant the babies next spring where you want a "grassy" look, or in an extra row in the vegetable garden. Dig the babies up again in the fall, within a couple of years the "babies" will reward you with more of these fantastic flowers. Believe me, you will want as many as you can get!

I originally received these gladiola bulbs as a favor at a baby shower six years ago. I planted them that year, and they came up the foll...Read Moreowing year. I left them in the ground and they continued to come back and actually multiply. This past winter was the first that I lifted them, because I really wanted to move them to a different spot. They survived the winter packing, were planted in May, and grew and bloomed again this August. They are a very pretty soft peach, and the darker red accents add to their appeal.