Adopt a seed from the sword plant

Adopt Gladiolus dzhavakheticus

Sword plant (Gladiolus dzhavakheticus) is unique to the Caucasus mountains of Georgia and Armenia, where it is found in sub-alpine hay meadows. Numbers are being reduced by the uprooting of the plants for their edible corms or picking for cut flowers. Read more about this endangered plant.

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