PlantsFlowers
Cream Gentian
Gentiana alba
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Closed cream flowers in September
ModerateFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Aug–Sep
- How it spreads
- Clump
- What to buy
- A pot from a native nursery. Seed is slow.
- When to plant
- May or Sep
In the design
Late, quiet, and worth it. East or south edge. Don’t pair it with a thug. Bumblebees pry the flowers open.
