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Gentiana andrewsii
Incredible cobalt blue/purple flowers are unique in that they stay closed in a budlike form. The leaves on the stem also get bigger as they ascend on the stem to the flower. Pollination is primarily carried out by bumblebees which are strong enough to part the corolla and get to the nectar and deposit pollen. This slow growing herbaceous perennial is ideal for shade, woodland, cottage gardens or in rain gardens and near ponds. Northeastern U.S. Native.
Height: 1.5 - 2’
Spread: 1.5 - 2’
Pot size: 1 qt
Bloom time: August - October
Light: Part shade – Full Sun
Moisture: Average - Moist
Attracts: Bumblebees, bees
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Common sneezeweed, cardinal flower, white turtlehead, swamp milkweed, lady fern
Photo: Lady Bird Johnson, Cresslar, Alan
Gentiana andrewsii
Incredible cobalt blue/purple flowers are unique in that they stay closed in a budlike form. The leaves on the stem also get bigger as they ascend on the stem to the flower. Pollination is primarily carried out by bumblebees which are strong enough to part the corolla and get to the nectar and deposit pollen. This slow growing herbaceous perennial is ideal for shade, woodland, cottage gardens or in rain gardens and near ponds. Northeastern U.S. Native.
Height: 1.5 - 2’
Spread: 1.5 - 2’
Pot size: 1 qt
Bloom time: August - October
Light: Part shade – Full Sun
Moisture: Average - Moist
Attracts: Bumblebees, bees
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Common sneezeweed, cardinal flower, white turtlehead, swamp milkweed, lady fern
Photo: Lady Bird Johnson, Cresslar, Alan