Gentiana frigida

Coming mid Dec.

From the Carpathian Mountains and eastern Alps. It thrives in moist, well-drained meadows and grassy slopes at high elevations, often found growing in calcareous soils. Only 10cm with a similar spread. Striking blue to violet or more usually white trumpets, which bloom in late summer to early autumn.

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