Gentiana andrewsii
Closed Bottle Gentian
- Full sun to part shade
- Average to high moisture soil
- 2' height, 12" to 18" spacing.
- Fall Blooming
- Ontario Native, Beginner Friendly, Happy in meadows and open woodlands, as well as cultivated gardens.
A very pretty, slow growing, late blooming perennial. Their blooms remain closed and are pollenated by bumblebees, which are strong enough to pry open the flowers and climb right inside them.
Photo by Hugowolf, Laval University, Krzysztof Ziarnek and Ryan Hodnett via Wikimedia Commons
