Description
Leaving apart the alpine Gentians this one is my favourite Gentiana species. A mature, flowering clump is simply superb – cascades of trumpet shaped, deep blue (or other blue shades, white or pink) flowers adorn the flowering stems from top to bottom in mid summer; green, pointed lance shaped leaves.
This year we are lucky to receive a great mix of colors from blue to rose-pink and lilac. How to resist such beauties? :-)
This species it forms a very tight clump and is very difficult to divide; hence we have to grow it from seeds. Also, I noticed that it needs good soil with enough moisture in the first years; mature plants are more drought resistant later.
Germination: like for all Gentiana, best when sown in late fall/early winter outdoors (moist/cold stratification); treatment with GA3 also works well. See the Germination page for advice on how to prepare a GA3 solution.
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