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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. |
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. |
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. |
Genista lucida120 (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. |
Genista radiata50 (100)cm, dense cluster of branches with small ovoid leaves and thousands of sulfur yellow flowers from V-VIII. |
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. |
Genista tinctoria50 (100)cm, Europe, lax shrubs with long, leafy spikes of bright yellow flowers from VI-IX. |
Genista umbellata40 (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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Gentiana crassicaulis25 (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. |
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. |
Gentiana cruciata ssp. cruciata40cm, densely leaved, arching stems with intense blue flowers. Subspecies with larger and more open flower cups. For full sun, very easy. VI-VII. |
Gentiana cruciata ssp. phlogifolia40cm, densely leaved, arching stems with light blue flowers. Subspecies with smaller flower cups, whitish inside. For full sun, easy. VI-VII. |
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. |
Gentiana decumbens20 (35)cm, upright growing Gentiana with brilliant sky blue flowers in VII-VIII. |
Gentiana gracilipes20 (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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |