Plant Library

01 Annuals
02 Herbs
04 Perennials
10 Shrubs
13 Shrubs Fruit
11 Shrub Roses
06 Trees
07 Trees Fruit
03 Vegetables
14 Vines Fruit
12 Shrubs Vine
16 Bagged & Bulk
15 Fall Plants
05 Minnesota Natives
08 Evergreens
17 Lawn & Yard
09 Evergreen Shrubs

Gentian Bottle

Common Name: Gentian

Botanical Name: Gentiana andrewsii

Variety: Bottle

Blossom Color: Blue

Bloom Time: Aug-Oct

Zone: 3 to 6

Exposure: Sun or Part Shade

Mature Height: 12-24"

Mature Width: 12-24"

Notes: Bottle Gentian are slow-growing but long-lived. Bumblebees are the main pollinators. The blue flowers add color to mostly sunny sites in the late summer garden when bumblebees are stocking up for the winter.