Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) 3-pack of pots
Can’t be shipped.
We will have 1-gallon pots of very mature plants available at our Twin Cities Plant Sales in 2025. The bottle-shaped flowers of Bottle Gentian are a consistent head-turner in gardens. Gardeners love the deep blue shade of their flowers, the glossy texture of their leaves, and their late summer bloom window when many other flowers are long gone. Bumblebees push into the closed flowers, collect pollen, and fly back out—it’s fun to watch! Bottle Gentian is long-lived and won’t spread. Great for rain gardens.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium, Medium-Wet
Height: 2 feet
Blooms: Aug, Sept, Oct
Color: Blue
Spacing: 1-2′
Spreads: Doesn’t spread much
Zones: 3-6
Benefits: Pollinators, Deer resistant
Design Tips
Bottle Gentian grows from a small clump, eventually having many stems, so plant other short grasses or sedges next to it. Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) makes quite a show with fall blooming yellow flowers such as Orange Coneflower.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Orange Coneflower
Butterfly Milkweed
Star Sedge
Prairie Phlox
Prairie Onion
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Can’t be shipped.
We will have 1-gallon pots of very mature plants available at our Twin Cities Plant Sales in 2025. The bottle-shaped flowers of Bottle Gentian are a consistent head-turner in gardens. Gardeners love the deep blue shade of their flowers, the glossy texture of their leaves, and their late summer bloom window when many other flowers are long gone. Bumblebees push into the closed flowers, collect pollen, and fly back out—it’s fun to watch! Bottle Gentian is long-lived and won’t spread. Great for rain gardens.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium, Medium-Wet
Height: 2 feet
Blooms: Aug, Sept, Oct
Color: Blue
Spacing: 1-2′
Spreads: Doesn’t spread much
Zones: 3-6
Benefits: Pollinators, Deer resistant
Design Tips
Bottle Gentian grows from a small clump, eventually having many stems, so plant other short grasses or sedges next to it. Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) makes quite a show with fall blooming yellow flowers such as Orange Coneflower.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Orange Coneflower
Butterfly Milkweed
Star Sedge
Prairie Phlox
Prairie Onion
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Can’t be shipped.
We will have 1-gallon pots of very mature plants available at our Twin Cities Plant Sales in 2025. The bottle-shaped flowers of Bottle Gentian are a consistent head-turner in gardens. Gardeners love the deep blue shade of their flowers, the glossy texture of their leaves, and their late summer bloom window when many other flowers are long gone. Bumblebees push into the closed flowers, collect pollen, and fly back out—it’s fun to watch! Bottle Gentian is long-lived and won’t spread. Great for rain gardens.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium, Medium-Wet
Height: 2 feet
Blooms: Aug, Sept, Oct
Color: Blue
Spacing: 1-2′
Spreads: Doesn’t spread much
Zones: 3-6
Benefits: Pollinators, Deer resistant
Design Tips
Bottle Gentian grows from a small clump, eventually having many stems, so plant other short grasses or sedges next to it. Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) makes quite a show with fall blooming yellow flowers such as Orange Coneflower.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Orange Coneflower
Butterfly Milkweed
Star Sedge
Prairie Phlox
Prairie Onion
