Welcome! This is the homepage of Cates Family Glads, a small gladiolus and cut-flower farm located in central Maine. Owned and operated by Paul and Elisabeth Cates and family, Cates Family Glads provides a large variety of wholesale cut-flowers for florists in the central and southern regions of Maine, as well as gladiolus bulbs for sale to the general public nationwide.

Our bulb catalogs are typically shipped in late January; bulb orders are shipped by late April. Orders received past late April may not be able to be fulfilled, because we plant our stock once we've sent out all orders. Please note that due to the hurdles which growers are required to navigate in order to ship plant matter internationally, we currently ship only to customers within the United States.

Our print catalogs for 2012 have been shipped. To get on our mailing list and receive a print copy of next year's (2013) catalog, please fill out and submit the form on this page. Prices for 2012 bulbs are available here.

For your convenience, we've made a PDF of our price list from this year's catalog available for you to download and print. The link to the file is located at the top of the price list page.

Although this year's price list is longer than last year's, it's a restocking year for Cates Family Glads. Several varieties are just on the cusp of having enough to list for bulb sales. If you're interested in a variety which was listed in previous catalogs but is absent from our list this year, just ask! It's possible that we have a bulb or two we can spare for you.

Please note that this year, as in last, we've divided our price list into heirloom and general listings. We hope to be able to continue bringing you healthy, beautiful heirloom varieties of gladiolus for years to come.