The Plant Store will re-open for sales the week of May 13th, 2024 for local pickup

  • Please see the Using the Plant Library  page  for some tips on how to make the most of the information here to select species for creating a healthy native plant community suited to the conditions of your site.
  • I'm currently working on shifting the store part of this site over to more complex software that will allow for filtering by multiple plant traits and making wish lists of species you would like to order, so please bear with me when it comes to announcing the exact species offerings for 2024 (there will be lots, including some species not previously offered).

Gentiana andrewsii, Closed Bottle Gentian

Gentiana andrewsii

Closed Bottle Gentian

  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to high moisture soil
  • 2' height, 12" to 18" spacing.
  • Fall Blooming
  • Ontario Native, Beginner Friendly, Happy in meadows and open woodlands, as well as cultivated gardens.

A very pretty, slow growing, late blooming perennial. Their blooms remain closed and are pollenated by bumblebees, which are strong enough to pry open the flowers and climb right inside them.

Photo by Hugowolf, Laval University, Krzysztof Ziarnek and Ryan Hodnett via Wikimedia Commons 

 

Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
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