Gentiana andrewsii, Bottle Gentian



Is there a Minnesota native flower as blue as Bottle Gentian in September? Should you come back tomorrow to see it if it opened? 
 
In September, no, I don't think so and no, it won't open up to us mortals. Only Bumble Bees have the fortitude to see what's inside of a Bottle Gentian flower. Judging by the quantity of comments on the Minnesota Wildflowers Bottle Gentian page, this plant is beguiling to many. We now have overwintered Bottle Gentian so you can bring this beguiling plant home to your rain garden, wetland edge, woodland edge or wet meadow. Sun should be morning only, where soil leans drier.
 
Blooms: blue, blue-purple, August through September
 
Height: 16 to 26 inches
 
Conditions: sun -afternoon shade, moist to moist-medium