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October 31, 2007 : Gentiana × macaulayi 'Kingfisher'
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Keywords: Gentianaceae | Gentiana ×macaulayi 'Kingfisher'
Thank you to new contributor frandango@Flickr for submitting today's photograph (original | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). As always, it is nice to see photographs from a new face.
Autumn-flowering gentians provide a visual contrast to the season's reds, browns and oranges. UBC Botanical Garden grows a fair-sized patch of these 'Kingfisher' gentians in the Alpine Garden near the entrance to the bed of Asian plants (photograph).
I'm not trained in garden design, but I'd like to imagine that if these were planted in combination with an orange-autumn-foliaged shrub or tree, the fallen leaves in combination with the blue gentian flowers would be very appealing (I've been fascinated with blue-and-orange combinations lately, though, so I'm perhaps blinded by that).
To read more about gentians, George L. suggested the link to the Gentian Research Network in comments to last month's entry on Gentiana algida. For a shorter read, Wikipedia provides a summary of gentians.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at October 31, 2007 6:37 AM
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Posted by: Stephanie at October 31, 2007 8:52 AM
Gorgeous! Very open for a Gentian flower. Nice.
Posted by: van at October 31, 2007 10:20 AM
most lovely
Posted by: elizabeth a airhart at October 31, 2007 2:09 PM
I just love the blue colour of the Gentians. A beautiful Photograph. I especially like Gentians.
THank you,
Margaret-Rae
Posted by: Margaret-Rae Davis at October 31, 2007 5:03 PM
Gentiana x macaulayi 'Kingfisher' - Z4 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Gentiana 'Kingfisher' - Z6-8 - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk
Gentiana, jen-she-an-a [or jen-te-an-a]; called after Gentius, King of Illyria, who first used the plant in medicine. Plant Names Simplified, Johnson and Smith
Posted by: Beverley at October 31, 2007 9:23 PM
(I've been fascinated with blue-and-orange combinations lately) Maybe you're a University of Florida Football fan. Our colors are blue and orange. GO GATORS!!! Lovely flower and I agree an orange colored flower would be a lovely complement.
Posted by: Carole at November 1, 2007 5:49 AM
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this picture is great i love it a job well done