I will be the last person to say I know it all any plant. I will see how this one goes. It has been 2 year so far. The first year we had snowmagedon winter. We had so much snow non-stop. I could see that winter as good for insulation year. Last winter was the warmest on record.
The lady in Michigan does not see Spring until June. She is in a very sever cold part of Michigan and she has the one I am growing and another light pink hardy glad that she has had for over 10 years.
I am not saying anyone is right or wrong just curious of why some catalogs (White Flower) are selling some as hardy and as a rule people do not get the info that it is possible to grow a perennial Glad. Perennial to me means at least 10+ years without lifting.
The lady that gave me this one was thinning because they were crowding her other plants. So it was not only surviving it was multiplying.