This year again was very dry. But the seedling crop and other new varieties looked very good. Bulb production was excellent at the time of digging. The bulbs were very clean and appealing. Making this one of our very best bulb years thank you to all that purchased bulbs last year and previous years. We appreciate your business very much.
This year we are offering 5 new introductions: Best Buds, First Choice by Cliff Hartline, Purple Burst by Dale Rollins, Foggy Sunrise by C. Sue Jackson, Silver Duel by Jackson/Bunn many of our glads are show winner and All Americans, Miniatures, World's Finest and good Commercial Varieties. Also many of them are at the top of show reports. Large and small flower symposiums. Please contact us if you have questions or are looking for something not listed.
Steve & Dawn
Blooming Prairie Gardens
Blooming Prairie Gardens Inc.
13185 West County Road B
Hayward, WI 54843
Phone: 715-638-0881
Warehouse Phone: 715-638-0881
e-mail: bpgardens@yahoo.com
Shipping Info
Orders are filled in rotation, by date of receipt and geographical location (southern-most states first, followed by coastal states and progressing to the mid-west.) Our usual shipping season is early March through early June, and during these months we will try to accommodate those who request a date. Shipments are made by United Parcel Service, so please give a street or route address.
Blooming Prairie Gardens is a licensed nursery stock grower by the Wisconson Department of Agriculture. International orders including Canada are each subject to $0.00 fee for obtaining the Wisconson Phytosanitary Certificate. Only orders outside of the U.S.A. need add this cost to the order.
All retail and wholesale bulb orders are shipped normally by UPS. Foreign orders are shipped Air Express Mail when possible. Contact Blooming Prairie Gardens or your local mail service for rates per weight on international orders. Gladiolus culture and growing instructions available on request with each order.
GLADIOLUS BULB SIZES
L (large) bulbs include No. 1(1.5” & up) and No.2 (125” to 1.5”); M (medium) include No.3(1” to 1.25”) and No. 4(75” to 1”)
TERMS
Check or Credit Card with the order We do not ship C.O.D. and will return any order for less than $20.00. Transportation costs are going up all the time to the extent we are adding transportation and shipping cost to all orders. Enclosed is the order sheet with our shipping charges. Due to increased shipping cost we will gift additional bulbs to each order.
GUARANTEE
We cannot guarantee the productiveness of the bulbs, nor can we be held responsible for the crop, as there are too many conditions beyond our control. Bulbs are guaranteed to please you upon arrival, and should be inspected when unpacked. Claims must be made in writing within one week of receiving the shipment All bulbs are sold subject to current supplies of the variety and size. If we are out of what you order, substitutes will be made with varieties of equal or greater value, unless requests are made to refund the price. Your suggestions for possible variety substitutions are welcome.
| Color | Pale | Light | Medium | Deep | Other | ||||
| White | 00 or 01 | ||||||||
| Green | 02 or 03 | 04 or 05 | 06 or 07 | ||||||
| Cream | 10 or11 | ||||||||
| Yellow | 12 or13 | 14 or15 | 16 or17 | ||||||
| Buff | 20 or 21 | ||||||||
| Orange | 22 or 23 | 24 or 25 | 26 o r27 | ||||||
| Salmon | 30 or 31 | 32 or 33 | 34 or 35 | 36 or 37 | |||||
| Pink | 40 or 41 | 42 or 43 | 44 or 45 | 46 or 47 | |||||
| Red | 52 or 53 | 54 or 55 | 56 or 57 | 58 or 59- Black Red | |||||
| Rose | 60 or 61 | 62 or 63 | 64 or 65 | 66 or 67 | 68 or 69- Black Rose | ||||
| Lavender | 70 or 71 | 72 or 71 | 74 or 75 | 76 or 77 | 78or79- Purple | ||||
| Blue | 80 or 81 | 82 or 83 | 84 or 85 | 86 or 87 | 88or89- Violet | ||||
| Tan\Brown | 90 or 91 | 92 or 93 | 94 or 95 | 98 or 99 Brown | |||||
| Grey | 96 or 97 | ||||||||
| Smokies
From this point on Smokies will be the base color, Followed by S Such as 426 S Same as F is for Fragrant *Two Digit Classification Numbers Above ending in even numbers- 0,2,4,6 and 8 indicate a near or completely solid color with no other colored markings. However, inconspicuous, small markings of any other color are accepted anywhere on the florets, i.e.1/2” by1/2” small markings on throats and centers- blotches, snips, brush marks, spears, etc. *Two Digit Classification Numbers Above ending in odd numbers-1,3,5,7 and 9 indicate obvious, conspicuous markings to the human eye with any of a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Bi and Tri colored florets are common with a variety of colored blotches, throats, splashes, darts, veining, and various other markings. AS OF MARCH 10th. 2014 CLASSIFICATION MEETING NO CULTIVARS WILL RECLASSIFIED AFTER 5 YEARS. THIS IS THE SAME TIME WHEN THEY STOP BEING R I’S Reclassified Glads 2014 The following Gladiolus have been re classified to: Apricot Dream 423 Arnette 383 Barbizon 491 Big Boss 536 Cayenne 366 Dick's Delight 447 Esperanto 313 Fringed Coral Lace 335 High Seas 383 Jason 385 Jiri Vaclavik 469 Jubilee III 327 Maverick II 468 Merlot Wine 468 Northern Lights 387 Orange Joy 493 AA Procyon Exotic 463 Red Majesty 454 Rigel Exotic 465 Robert S 473 Romance 474 Showbound 475 Sportsman 427 Summer Rose 463 Super Cross 227 Twilight III 486 Valhalla 343 |
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Planting
Glads do well in any good garden soil that drains well and that will receive at least half day of sun, The soil should be prepared by spading, digging and/or roto-tilling and the corms planted as a rule of thumb to a depth of about 3 times the diameter of the corm. Plant shallower in heavy soils and deeper in sandy soils. A pesticide bulb dust or liquid drench is recommended before planting. A 11/2” bulb would then be planted about 4 1/2” deep. Plant bulbs from 4 to 8 inches apart according to available space.
Cultivating
Avoid deep cultivation so that you will prevent root injury. Frequent shallow cultivation is good for aeration and climbing weeds. After plants are about 1 foot tall, hilling or tilling soil against plants will help prevent them from falling over. Recommended amounts of herbicides such as Treflan, Surfian, Dual II, Deverinol, Post and others can help with weed control.
Watering
Glads do not like a wet, soggy soil, but do like plenty of moisture as they near flowering. A well drained soil with an irrigation (watering) source during dry periods is ideal. Heavy clay loam soils certainly need less watering than the lighter sandy loam soils. After the blooming season little or no watering is usually best for controlling diseases as the plants develop new bulbs and bulblets for the next season.
Fertilizer
Generally the more sandy the soil, the more fertilizer is required. Glads do not like a fertilizer high in nitrogen. Therefore use a 5-20-20 or 3-12-12(NPK) or a fertilizer with similar analysis at a rate used for garden vegetables. If organic sources are used, make sure they are very well decomposed. Trace minerals are not usually needed for glads grown on average garden soils.
Flower Cutting
Glads are there to be cut as much as any other cut flower. Slide a small cutters knife down along the base of the spike to the desired stem length, cut half way thru the stem and then break the flower spike away from the plant. Try to leave as many leaves on the plant as possible to provide food for the developing bulbs and bulblets. Flowers cut with 1 or 2 open florets will usually open very well and cool store. Fresh water with floral preservatives can add to the vase life of most flowers including gladiolus.
Digging and Storage
Glads should be dug in the fall about 6 to 8 weeks after flowering. When digging the stem should be removed by cutting or breaking as close to the bulb as possible. Excess soil is best removed from the bulbs by washing them over a screened surface. After digging, bulbs should be allowed to dry with good ventilation at room temperature for about 4 weeks. At that time the old coons can be easily separated at the abscission layer from the new corms and the old corms and root discarded. Then store corms at as near 40 degrees Fahrenheit as possible in open containers with good ventilation until spring planting. Freezing temperatures will destroy the bulbs. Bulb dust or liquid drenches
applied after digging will protect bulbs from insects and diseases during the storage months.