About
A cheerful annual, reaching 30-80cm, with a bushy habit with fresh green foliage. It produces abundant flowers all season in blue. 'Blue Bonnets' is valued in garden settings.
About the genus
Gentiana can be annuals, biennials, herbaceous or evergreen perennials, mostly with showy, trumpet or salver-shaped flowers
Plant details
Suggested usesBedding, containers, hanging baskets
Care notes
CultivationFertile, moist soil in full sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow seed in spring
Pest resistanceAphids and slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould in wet conditions