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Willow Gentian

siris

By Siris


Willow Gentian (Gentiana asclepiadea (Goryczka))

In the shady Hosta border, a blue flowered Gentian.



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That is a true blue!

10 Aug, 2017

 

Yes, it is. Have a look at Salvia Cambridge Blue, that's another, just pictured.

10 Aug, 2017

 

Oh, a blue one :-)

10 Aug, 2017

 

Common n' garden blue, not like your pink.

11 Aug, 2017

 

I have the blue one as well, but it has not done very well this year. I don't think it liked the dry conditions we had earlier in the year.

11 Aug, 2017

 

Mine is in a shady border, not particularly damp.

11 Aug, 2017

 

A beauty.

12 Aug, 2017

 

I agree threepence!

18 Aug, 2017

 

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19 Aug, 2017

 

Thank you everyone.

19 Aug, 2017



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