Gentiana 'Sternschuppe'
Habitat: grassy places in mountains
Flowering: early summer, intermittently at other times
Height: 15 cm
Width: 25 cm
Soil: any good garden soil
Habitat: grassy places in mountains
Flowering: early summer, intermittently at other times
Height: 15 cm
Width: 25 cm
Soil: any good garden soil
The blue gentians of the European Alps are probably the most widely known and loved alpine flowers. At suitable altitudes, from June to August, the trumpet varieties (Gentiana acaulis and its allies) and the starry Gentiana verna relatives are ubiquitous, startling in the intensity of the blue colour.
Gentiana 'Sternschuppe' is an acaulis cultivar with light blue, trumpet-shaped flowers in early summer above mats of glossy, dark-green foliage.
9 cm pot £3.50
| Gentiana angustifolius ex 'Frei hybrid' are plants grown from seed taken from the selection known as 'Frey hybrid' (which may not be a valid name - perhaps 'Max Frei' is correct). Large, deep blue trumpet flowers, in abundance in our garden. |