Soapwort Gentian
Gentiana saponaria
Soapwort gentian bears clusters of blue, nearly closed bottle flowers in fall along moist meadows and streambanks, a beautiful, bumblebee-pollinated native for consistently moist, sunny to part-shaded ground.
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- September, October
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA