Helga Taimeaed
Gentiana cruciata

Gentiana cruciata

perennials
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Description

A natural species in Estonia, it looks like a beautiful plant lost in the wild. Fleshy broad leaves, small blue flowers in the leaf axils. It likes drier, calcareous soil.
Category: perennials
Flower color: blue
Flowering time: VI, VII, VIII
Growing conditions: sunny, penumbra, moderately humid, calcareous, with good drainage
European climate zone: Z3= -35 ... -40, Z4= -29 ...-35
Height: 15-35cm