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Gentiana Little Pinkie
Vine-plant dès réception en novembre. En attente du printemps !
Chantal, 28/12/2022
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Gentiana 'Little Pinkie' is a long-lived hybrid perennial variety, offering a long summer flowering period in an unusual colour for these plants; its upright trumpet-shaped flowers display a lovely magenta pink hue. The plant also has a well-branched and compact habit, and pretty semi-evergreen leaves of a beautiful glossy green. Less demanding than the alpine species, it nevertheless prefers cool conditions, which can easily be provided in the garden in a partially shaded border or rockery, in humus-rich and well-draining soil.
Gentiana Little Pinkie is a New Zealand horticultural hybrid introduced in 2014, descended from G. Makinoi, a floriferous and easy-to-grow Japanese species. Little Pinkie also resembles the stemless gentian, better known as the Alpine Gentian, a very beautiful botanical species of small size native to European mountains. All these plants belong to the Gentianaceae family. A perennial cushion-forming plant with semi-evergreen foliage, this bushy Gentian is adorned with lanceolate leaves, slightly pointed, measuring about 5 cm (2in) long, of a beautiful shiny medium green. Growing rather slowly, it does not exceed 10-15 cm (4-6in) in height, with a spread of 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10in). From June to September large solitary flowers in the shape of long trumpets, turned upright towards the sky, bloom on short, branched and leafy stems, with a deep mauve-pink colour, slightly lighter on the inside.
Easier to grow than stemless gentian, Little Pinkie also adapts well in lowland gardens, with a few precautions. It will ideally be placed in a soil rich in compost, moist and well-draining, on a wall, in a rockery, on a slope, in a border or in a trough. It prefers acidic to alkaline rocky spaces, in full sun but not too hot, or partially shaded, where it can root deeply. This Gentian, with its large pink flowers, can be combined in a border or rockery with Veronica bombycina, Snowdrops, Botanical Tulips, Lewisia, dwarf Conifers, Erinaceous Pinks (Dianthus erinaceus), Corydalis, or even Heucheras.
The term Gentiana refers to Gentius, King of Illyria (present-day Albania) in the 2nd century BC who, according to Pliny the Elder, discovered the medicinal and healing properties of the yellow Gentian root.
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Gentiana Little Pinkie is planted in spring or autumn. At planting it should be placed in soil enriched with compost, gravel, and leaf mould. The soil should be well-drained but rather moist. In spring, a fertiliser application in the form of crushed horn or well-decomposed manure will be welcome. Its flowers open in the light and close in the evening, so a partially shaded or sunlit exposure in the morning is desirable. In a cold greenhouse, this hybrid Gentian will be planted in a pot measuring 10 to 20 cm (4 to 8in), depending on the size of the plant, and in a mixture of potting soil and gravel. Repot every year.
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.