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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Gene Mirro on April 28, 2013, 02:31:51 AM

Title: Gentiana angustifolia?
Post by: Gene Mirro on April 28, 2013, 02:31:51 AM

I purchased these as Gentiana angustifolia.  What do you think?

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The flower looks like a science fiction creation:

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Is there some way to get them to make more flowers?  They are in full sun.

Title: Re: Gentiana angustifolia?
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on April 28, 2013, 08:37:25 AM

One of the most persistent mysteries of rock gardening Gene !  The sometimes poor flowering of these beauties.

I tend to give them a good feed of bone meal and cow manure pellets every spring, after flowering.  They don't respond to badly to that treatment !