Gentiana True Blue PP 20433 Spigelia This slowly spreading compact ginger

This slowly spreading compact ginger is adorned in late August and into fall with clusters of peachy flowers (RHS 27D) with a wide dark orange throat (RHS 25A)

The chartreuse-yellow leaves have an unusual central pattern of green that takes up 80% of the leaf area and the green is then overlain with a white frosting

and it looks really sweet

Jimmy Massey had a career as a botanist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

Gentiana True Blue PP 20433 Spigelia This slowly spreading compact gingerGentiana 'True Blue' is a 2008 introduction from breeder Darrell Probst, who, in his quest for a longer flowering gentian crossed a Gentiana makinoi hybrid with a Gentiana scabra hybrid to obtain this gem. The upright, 18" tall, well branched stems of Gentiana 'True Blue' are adorned with glossy green foliage and topped from mid June into September (NC) with large, 2", pure blue, open flowers. Well drained soils with average moisture are perfect.