PBS'ers: I just ran across a web reprint of an exhaustive history of gladiolus breeding, published by Cornell in 1916. If you have an interest in this genus, you will find this invaluable. http://archive.org/stream/gladiolusstudies13beal/… djvu.txt Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent