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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6 - 12 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Other info: Sow at 18-22 C° for 4 weeks, move to minimum -4 C° for 6 weeks, move to 5-12 C°. for germination
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bumblebees

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Common names
  • Marsh Gentian

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-10-02
Group of tiny plants showing basal leaves; late in their first ye
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-08-06

photo credit: Dinkum
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