Gentiana sino-ornata
Gentian sino-ornata
Gentiana - gentians - are alpine plants that can be annuals, biennials, herbaceous or evergreen perennials. They have showy blue, usually trumpet-shaped flowers. 'Showy Chinese Gentian' is a lovely, acid liking, ground covering plant with fresh looking, green, grass type foliage. The blue trumpet shaped flowers are borne on very short stems and have stripe of white on the inner petals. Good rockery plant.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Gentian sino-ornata
Latin name
Gentiana sino-ornata
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Gentianaceae
ph
5.0 - 6.6 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Gentiana sino-ornata
Gentiana - gentians - are alpine plants that can be annuals, biennials, herbaceous or evergreen perennials. They have showy blue, usually trumpet-shaped flowers. 'Showy Chinese Gentian' is a lovely, acid liking, ground covering plant with fresh looking, green, grass type foliage. The blue trumpet shaped flowers are borne on very short stems and have stripe of white on the inner petals. Good rockery plant.
Propagating by offsets
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Offsets are the baby plants that form at the base of some bulbs, and they are an easy way to propagate a plant. When the offsets have grown large enough to handle - and, hopefully, have some roots of their own,- gently break them away from the mother plant. Plant the offsets in a container and keep the plant barely moist (but not wet) until the plant is establishes, and can be planted out.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Mid Autumn
Some gentians varieties flower in Spring, and some flower in Autumn
Planting in Autumn
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Plant gentians in the Autumn, spaced 15 to 30 cm (or about 50cm if you are growing one of the taller Gentiana species). Plant in a sunny site in moist, acidic soil that is rich in humus.
Planting in Spring
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Plant gentians in the Spring, spaced 15 to 30 cm (or about 50cm if you are growing one of the taller Gentiana species). Plant in a sunny site in moist, acidic soil that is rich in humus.