I've been growing this super cold-hardy, long blooming, cut flower Glad for
over 15 years now here in zone 5, and it never fails to stop traffic in the
garden. I've built a very large stock of bulbs and I can now offer them to you
for half price.
I LOVE apricots, but I'd NEVER seen an
apricot colored flower until I saw Gladiolus 'Boone'. This unusual plant
has been the cornerstone of my cut flower garden for over a decade now. It was
discovered by Jeff Owen, a County Extension Agent in Avery County, NC, at an
abandoned homestead in Boone NC. He shared this extraordinary plant with Dick
Bir, the native woody plant guru and author of "Growing and Propagating Showy
Native Woody Plants". Dick is an all around great guy and brilliant plantsman.
He gave a few corms to world famous Horticulturist Allen Bush, the former
proprietor of the late Holbrook Nursery in Fletcher, NC. This mysterious plant
was so intriguing that they searched and searched for information, and even
consulted with Gus DeHertogh, a leading authority on bulbs, but to no avail. So
to this day, its origins and lineage remain an elusive mystery, but its beauty,
hardiness and value in the garden are strikingly obvious.
As I said,
it's been a resident of my cut flower garden for many years now and even here in
these Zone 5 gardens, (The USDA jokingly tells us that we're Zone 6) and through
some brutal winters, it has remained hardy WITHOUT lifting for winter storage.
Not only that, this plant is so prolific and produces so many new corms once
established, that in a couple of years, you'll have close to 100 plants with
multiple flower stems that open over an extended period with that gorgeous
apricot flavor.
If you've been turned off to Glads after seeing those
gaudy, overbred "funeral" glads, fret not! This plant has an elegant
sophistication that puts it into a class of its own.
You'll
absolutely hate yourself if your neighbors grow 'Boone' in their gardens before
you do!
What I'll be sending you are 2 year old, bareroot, 8" - 12"
tall plants with 5 - 10 mm bulbs in full, active growth. They should flower for
you next year if planted soon.
The reduced prices below represent a 50%
savings and include FREE
SHIPPING!
PREVIOUS PRICENEW PRICE
3 for $ 25.00 DELIVERED ($8.35 ea) 3 for $12.50 DELIVERED ($4.17ea)
7 for $ 50.00 DELIVERED ($7.15 ea) 7 for $25.00 DELIVERED ($3.57ea)
12 for $ 75.00 DELIVERED ($6.25 ea) 12 for $37.50 DELIVERED ($3.13ea)
20 for $100.00 DELIVERED ($5.00 ea) 20 for $50.00 DELIVERED ($2.50ea)
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