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Gentiana septemfida |
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| Common name |
crested gentian |
| Family |
gentianaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
blue (early summer) |
| Size |
6" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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Small, compact gentian with tidier foliage than most others we grow. Real neat-looking even before it blooms. Then the interestingly wound buds emerge, and shortly thereafter the trumpet-shaped clear blue flowers provide the real show. A charmer! Took three years to bloom from seed.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: rock garden About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Nick Drapela | Jan 07, 2006 | Nice web site. I enjoyed your pictures and info on Gentiana septemfida, which I am about to attempt to grow from seed. The one piece of information I really haven't found anywhere is how far apart to plant the seeds. Does one seed grow into one flower so they must be planted in clumps? Or does one seed create an entire plant? And if so, how big is it?
No one seems to have this info. If you included it in your seed starting details, that would be fantastic.
Best of luck. Thanks for the pictures and info.
One seed gives one plant. In the case of this gentian, one plant will give several flowers. Seeds can initially be planted fairly close together, then transplanted to pots as they start needing more room. Note that gentians are notoriously finnicky about growing on - take good care to prevent damping off. |
| Bill Youngberg | Mar 27, 2006 | Rob,
Really nice picture of this plant. I had limited success with it and it is a difficult to get to grow from seed (or at least it was for me). Thanks for the comment that it took you 3 years from seed. One that I had bloomed a few days after a close personal friend died. It was almost like she was saying "Hey, I'm OK and in a better place."
My question : I'd like to buy seed for this and other gentians. Where (here in the US of A) may the be purchased ?
I'm pretty sure I got my seed through a trade. And although I've tried twice now, I've not been able to collect viable seed from my plant (only one survived, it may not be self-fertile). Good luck finding a source. |
- Seed from '01 trade. Baggy 70F (55%G, 7-10d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (35%G, 10-19d)
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F (4w) - 35F (32d) - 70F (15d) - 70F with light (13d). No germination. Must not have set viable seed.
- Seed from '06/'06 HPS/MAG exchange. Baggy 70F (fairly good germination, 6-20d). Could not quantitate because it was difficult to identify seeds amid the chaff
The limited data above suggests that viability declines relatively quickly. Seedlings stay tiny forever; start in early winter.
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