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The Lily ‘Pumilum’, ‘Lilium Pumilum’, a fall planted bulb, produces great tiers of exuberant little flowers that burst on the scene in early to mid summer. The flowers are scarlet red, with scarcely a dot or blemish on them that could dim their radiance. This plant is terrific in flower borders and it is suitable for containers. Pumilum release a powerful fragrance into the air. They are graceful and produce a very long lasting flower. The bulbs will readily naturalize and produce abundant seed. Pumilum bloom in mid summer.

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The Daylily Twilight Secret, ‘Hemerocallis’, displays lavender-purple flowers, 6″ in diameter, with a gold edge and green throat. A mid-season bloomer that will re-bloom in late summer and is a semi-evergreen variety. Daylilies are the perfect perennial. Each plant sends up many flower stems, and each stem bears 12 or more buds. Bloom is lavish and continues for several weeks or more on each plant. Trouble-free, maintenance-free, they tolerate most soils and conditions if they get at least 6 hours of sun. Use them in a perennial border, in front of shrubbery, as an edging along a walk or wall, and in your bulb beds, where they hide the ripening foliage of tulips and daffodils. They need dividing only every 10-15 years. Plants 18-24″ apart.

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The Gladiolus Purple King, ‘Gladioli’, a spring planted corm, exhibits magnificent purple flowers with a white throat on tall stalks. Gladiolus are also commonly called Sword Lily or Corn Flag. Plant in groups of six or more in the garden, or grow lots of them for cuttings in a bed. To extend the time of flower availability of your Glads, plant in two week intervals from early spring through June. They make striking accents in a mixed border. Glads are easy to grow and like to be in full sun and in well drained soil. Increase water and fertility when flowers begin to develop, then plant 4″ deep in clay soils, 6″ deep in others; the deeper the planting the less need for staking. In frost prone areas, dig them when the leaves turn yellow, dip them in a fungicide, and store in a dry frost free location over winter.

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