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List by Plants' Species A - Z

Here you will find all species listed in alphabetical order. Please refer to the regular category concerning quantity of seeds per package and detailed sowing and cultivation recommendations for each plant species
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Genista aetnensis (Mount Etna Broom)

Genista aetnensis (Mount Etna Broom)

200 (300)cm, Mount Etna Broom is an impressive winterhardy tall woody shrub with lanceolete small leaves and numerous rich yellow flowers. For any rich, very well drained soil in a sunny and protected spot in the garden. In colder climated preferably grow in containers under frostfree conditions throughout the year. Seeds from a certified wild collection in Sicily, Italy. VI-VII.
10 seeds per package.

Genista germanica (German Broom)

Genista germanica (German Broom)

40 (100)cm, German Broom is a large shrub from Central Europe with almost leafless, green, bowing branches and clusters of large yellow flowers. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. IV-VII.
10 seeds per package.

Genista hispanica (Spanish Broom)

Genista hispanica (Spanish Broom)

50 (100)cm, Spanish Broom is a dense compact shrub from southern Europe with small leaves and thousands of sulfur yellow flowers. For any well drained, rather rocky soil in full sun. V-VIII.
10 seeds per package.

Genista lucida

Genista lucida

120 (200)cm, native of the western Mediterranean region as an understory woody. losely branching shrub. It has rather larger, dark green leaves and rich yellow flowers. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep plants slightly drier at a minimum of some 5°C. VI-VII.
10 seeds per package.

Genista radiata

Genista radiata

50 (100)cm, dense cluster of branches with small ovoid leaves and thousands of sulfur yellow flowers from V-VIII.
10 seeds per package.

Genista tenera (Madeira Broom)

Genista tenera (Madeira Broom)

150 (200)cm, Madeira Broom is a woody shrub with slightly arching stems and small leaves and usually terminal, rich yellow flowers in early summer. From grasslands and rocky spots in central Madeira (Portugal). For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 5°C. V-VI.
10 seeds per package.

Genista tinctoria

Genista tinctoria

50 (100)cm, Europe, lax shrubs with long, leafy spikes of bright yellow flowers from VI-IX.
10 seeds per package.

Genista umbellata

Genista umbellata

40 (70)cm, a dwarf growing species with nice terminal clusters of yellow flowers on elegant stems with narrow leaves. Native of southern to south-western Spain and Portugal. For any well drained, rocky soil in a sunny spot. An excellent plant for the rock garden. VI-VII.
10 seeds per package.

Gentiana acaulis (Trumpet Gentian)

Gentiana acaulis (Trumpet Gentian)

5 (10)cm, Trumpet Gentian is a ground covering, utmost showy gentian forming mats of glossy ovoid leaves and very large, almost stemless, brilliant blue flowers in spring. Native of chalky meadows of the Alps at up to 2.000m. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun. Leave plants undisturbed. IV-V.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)

Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)

40 (70)cm, Bottle Gentian is a perennial, autumn flowering Gentian with numerous bright blue flowers on tall, upright and not branching stems. Native of E North Dakota, Saskatchewan to Quebec (Canada), southward to Georgia and Arkansas (USA) growing in prairies and open spots in woods. For any humus rich, well drained soil, in a sunny to partially shaded spot. IX-X.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana asclepiadea (Willow Gentian)

Gentiana asclepiadea (Willow Gentian)

60 (100)cm, Willow Gentian makes elegant, erect to slightly pendulous stems, with very ornamental, large, bell shaped, azure blue flowers which are spotted violet inside. Willow Gentian makes dense and floriferous stands with time and is a very robust and longlived perennial. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun. VI-VIII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana clusii (Clusius Gentian)

Gentiana clusii (Clusius Gentian)

10 (15)cm, Clusius Gentian is a small perennial gentian species with dense basal leaf rosettes and intense blue flower trumpets in spring. It is native of the Alps, Black Forest, Jura, and Carpathians. For any rich, very well drained soil in full sun. An excellent plant for the rock garden. III-IV.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana crassicaulis

Gentiana crassicaulis

25 (40)cm, a rarely cultivated Chinese species with prostrate stems and rather broad and long leaves. The pale blue flowers are born in terminal dense clusters. Native of mountain meadows and open spots in woods in from Guizhou to Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan. It is easily grown in any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot. VI-VIII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana crinita (Fringed Gentian)

Gentiana crinita (Fringed Gentian)

20cm, Fringed Gentian syn. Gentianopsis crinita is a biannual species with medium tall stalks crowned by rich blue flower trumpets above narrow leaves. It is native of meadows and prairies in eastern North America. For any humus rich, well drained, always slightly moist soil in a sunny spot. VIII-IX.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana cruciata ssp. cruciata

Gentiana cruciata ssp. cruciata

40cm, densely leaved, arching stems with intense blue flowers. Subspecies with larger and more open flower cups. For full sun, very easy. VI-VII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana cruciata ssp. phlogifolia

Gentiana cruciata ssp. phlogifolia

40cm, densely leaved, arching stems with light blue flowers. Subspecies with smaller flower cups, whitish inside. For full sun, easy. VI-VII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana dahurica var. dahurica (Dahurian Gentian)

Gentiana dahurica var. dahurica (Dahurian Gentian)

100cm, Dahurian Gentian is a semi-sprawling perennial Gentian with long, lanceolate leaves on branching stems. Rich blue to sky blue (in this form) tubular flowers (in the var. dahurica) with cream white throats, all in a dense terminal cluster. Native of mountain meadows in Mongolia and W China (NW Sichuan). For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. Excellent in the rock garden. VI-VIII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana decumbens

Gentiana decumbens

20 (35)cm, upright growing Gentiana with brilliant sky blue flowers in VII-VIII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana gracilipes

Gentiana gracilipes

20 (35)cm, a rarely seen perennial species with dense terminal clusters of bright blue flowers with a white throat on arching stems with lanceolate leaves. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in full sun. Excellent in the rock garden. VI-VII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana lutea (Yellow Gentian)

Gentiana lutea (Yellow Gentian)

120 (180)cm, Yellow Gentian is the tallest species in its genus and the only one with bright yellow large trumpet shaped flowers in clustered whorls on tall stems. It is native of subalpine hey-meadows in the Alps and the Vosges. It naturally needs at least five years to develop the first inflorescence. Yellow Gentian is a very robust and longlived perennial once established. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun. VI-VIII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana procera (Lesser Fringed Gentian)

Gentiana procera (Lesser Fringed Gentian)

20cm, Lesser Fringed Gentian syn. Gentianopsis virgata ssp. virgata is a dwarf biannual to short lived perennial with rich blue flower trumpets above narrow leaves. It is native of wet meadows in north-eastern North America. For any humus rich, well drained, always slightly moist soil in a sunny spot. VI-VII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana puberulenta (Downy Gentian)

Gentiana puberulenta (Downy Gentian)

20cm, Downy Gentian is a dwarf perennial with several quite large rich blue flower trumpets above narrow leaves. It is native of meadows and prairies in eastern North America. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VI-VII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana punctata (Spotted Gentian)

Gentiana punctata (Spotted Gentian)

20 (35)cm, Spotted Gentian is a rarely seen perennial species with upright stems crowned by dense terminal clusters of pale yellow flower trumpets with numerous small brownish-red spots. Native of montane meadows from the Alps and the Balkans. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in full sun. Excellent in the rock garden. VI-IX.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana purpurea (Purple Gentian)

Gentiana purpurea (Purple Gentian)

30 (50)cm, Purple Gentian is a tall, erect growing, distinct gentian species with a dense basal leaf rosette and upright hold terminal clusters of showy barrel-like purplish-red flowers, striped and spotted green and yellowish inside. For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VI-VIII.
30 seeds per package.

Gentiana quinquefolia (Stiff Gentian)

Gentiana quinquefolia (Stiff Gentian)

15 (40)cm, Stiff Gentian or Agueweed has pale blue to lilac blue narrow flowers on upright stalks. This perennial is native of moist soils in mountain slopes and fields of W Minnesota to E Maine, southward to Georgia and Arkansas (USA). For any humus rich, well drained soil, in a sunny to partially shaded spot. VIII-X.
30 seeds per package.