
Baptisia
- Botanical Name
- Baptisia australis
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 3 to 4 feet
- Width
- 3 to 4 feet
- Flowers
- Mid to late spring: indigo-blue
- Fruit
- Black pods
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Plants grown in part shade may need staking
- Baptisia is drought tolerant and tolerates poor soils
- Division is usually not necessary and plants should be left undisturbed once established
- Be patient, baptisia can be slow to establish
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Baptisia alba var. alba - white flowers, 36"
- Baptisia x bicolor 'Starlite' - lavender-purple and yellow flowers, 45", excellent flower production
- Blueberry Sundae - violet-blue flowers, 48", compact, bushy plants with stout stems
- Cherries Jubilee - compact 40", maroon and yellow flowers along 18" spikes
- Dutch Chocolate - abundant chocolate purple flowers on 48" plants
- Lemon Meringue - bright lemon yellow flowers on sturdy, vase-shaped plants that hold their form
- Lunar Eclipse - creamy yellow and violet flowers along 20" spikes, 48"
- Midnight - dark purple-blue flower spikes measuring up to 21", 52" plants
- Solar Flare - lemon-yellow and orange flowers, 44"
- Sunny Morning - bright yellow flowers
- Baptisia x variicolor 'Twilite' - dusky purple and yellow flower spikes measuring 20" atop 48" plants
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