Type of Soil for Gentian sino-ornata

Yes - it won't tolerate alkaline soil.

Wow - that was a lightening quick reply. Thanks for that Spitzhenry - much appreciated.

You're welome. Hope you stay with us now you've found us! :-))

sadly spritz is right; I must track down the few that are alkaline tolerant as I garden on chalk.

That's interesting SBG, I didn't know there were lime tolerating ones. I will look out for them. I wonder though, are they so blue?

yes there are and i think they tend to be the ones that flower about now. When I had my daughter {september 92} a friend bought me specifically for my alkaline garden. Stupidly I never noted its name nor did I dig it up when I moved. The new owners composted it as they dont like blue flwoers. I could have cried.

I bet! I've just been researching - look at G. clusii. That seems to be one for less acid soils. :-))

Now all I need are ones that can take alkali, and 46+ deg. C summers! Sigh...love that unattainable blue!

Maybe best stick to blue Salvia's, Agapanthus, Sisyrinchium and Commelina's?

Not real close, except maybe the Commelinas--which are weeds here, anyway! ; )

:-)