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.

Tips On Taming a Gentian

Taming Gentian

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

Tips on Growing True Blue Gentians

grow blue gentians

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