The Prairie Gentian – Difficult But Beautiful
The gentian family contains a charming native flower that is rarely found in the garden, probably because it stubbornly refuses to be happy under cultivation. Botanically, it is Eustoma russellianum.
The gentian family contains a charming native flower that is rarely found in the garden, probably because it stubbornly refuses to be happy under cultivation. Botanically, it is Eustoma russellianum.
A hotdog at a Cub Scout cookout has greater life expectancy than alpine gentians in a sea-level garden. A plant conditioned to the clear air and blazing sun of high
No flower runs through a more excellent range of true blue than does the gentian. Since its various species provide bloom from early March to winter snows, it seems strange
The gentian family is one of the smaller plant families, containing only 70 genera and about 800 species, but it is certainly one of the loveliest and most fascinating. In