Gentian, Gentiana

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Gentiana. acaulis [Stemless Gentian]

Gentiana. angustifolia	Form: An alkaline tolerant, evergreen, clump-forming, perennial. Hardiness: Height: 4in (10cm) Spread: 8in (20cm) Foliage: Having rosettes of oblong, dull-green leaves. Flowers: During Summer, producing solitary, tubular, sky-blue flowers, on 3in (8cm) stems

Gentiana. asclepiadea [Willow Gentian]	Form: An arching, evergreen, clump-forming perennial. Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 36in (1m) Spread: 24in (60cm) Foliage: Having pointed, lanceolate, mid-green leaves. Flowers: From late-Summer to early-Autumn, producing trumpet-shaped, blue flowers, having darker spots and stripes inside.

Gentiana. clusii [Trumpet Gentian]	Form: An alkaline tolerant, evergreen, clump-forming perennial. Hardiness: Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 6-9in (15-23cm) Foliage: Having rosettes of oval, glossy, dark-green leaves. Flowers: During early-Summer, producing trumpet-shaped, azure-blue blooms, with green-spotted, paler throats, on 1-4in (2.5-10cm) long stems.

Gentiana. excisa	See: Gentiana. acaulis

Gentiana. gracilipes	Form: A semi-evergreen, tufted, perennial, with arching stems. Hardiness: Height: 6in (15cm) Spread: 8in (20cm) Foliage: Having a central rosette of long, strap-shaped, dark-green leaves. Flowers: During Summer, produces tubular, dark purplish-blue blooms, greenish within, on lax flower stems

Gentiana. kochiana	See: Gentiana. acaulis

Gentiana. lutea [Great Yellow Gentian]	Form: An erect, non-branching perennial. Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 3-4ft (1-1.2m) Spread: 2ft (60cm) Foliage: Having narrowly lanceolate, fresh-green leaves. Flowers: During Summer, producing dense whorls of yellow flowers, with greenish bracts.

Gentiana. x_macaulayi 'Well's Variety'	Syn: Gentiana. 'Wellsii' Form: An evergreen, prostrate, perennial. Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 8in (20cm) Foliage: Having narrow, grass-like, mid-green leaves. Flowers: During late-Summer, early-Autumn, producing trumpet-shaped, mid-blue flowers.

Gentiana. ornata	Form: A semi-evergreen, clump-forming perennial, having small over-Wintering rosettes. Hardiness: Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 4in (10cm) Foliage: Forming a central rosette of grass-like leaves. Flowers: During Autumn, producing an upright, bell-shaped, mid-blue flower, having a white throat, and on the outside, deep-blue stripes, that fade to creamy white. Requires: Acid soil and a damp atmosphere.

Gentiana. saxosa	Form: A hummock-forming, evergreen perennial. Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 6in (15cm) Foliage: Having tiny, fleshy, tongue-shaped, dark-green leaves. Flowers: During early-Summer, producing small, upturned, chalice-shaped, creamy-white flowers.

Gentiana. septemfida	Form: An evergreen perennial. Hardiness: Fully Hardy. Height: 6-8in (15-20cm) Spread: 12in (30cm) Foliage: Having rosettes of narrowly spoon-shaped, dark-green leaves. Flowers: From Summer to Autumn, producing small, trumpet-shaped, bright-blue blooms.

Gentiana. sino-ornata	Form: An evergreen, procumbent perennial. Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 12in (30cm) Foliage: Having narrow, grass-like, mid-green leaves. Flowers: During Autumn, producing trumpet-shaped, vivid-blue flowers.

Gentiana. 'Susan Jane'	Form: A vigorous, semi-evergreen, spreading perennial with small over-wintering rosettes. Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 12in (30cm) Foliage: Having narrow grass-like, mid-green leaves. Flowers: During Autumn, producing large trumpet-shaped, deep-blue flowers, with white throats.

Gentiana. verna [Spring Gentian]	Form: An evergreen perennial Hardiness: Fully Hardy Height: 2in (5cm) Spread: 2in (5cm) Foliage: Having small rosettes of tiny, shield-shaped, dark-green leaves Flowers: During early-Spring, producing star-shaped, blue flowers with white throats.

Gentiana. 'Wellsii'	See: Gentiana. x_macaulayi 'Well's Variety'