Baptisia Twilite Prairieblues

Can I prune Baptisia? You can also choose to do nothing but the old growth will detract from the new leaves and stems to some degree.Use sharp, clean pruning shears and loppers any time you cut plant material.

Image courtesy North Creek Nurseries. Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life. Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia is a hybrid of Baptisia australis and Baptisia sphaerocarpa and was developed at the Chicago Botanic...

Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, long-lived, and easy.

As a writer and researcher I have to determine the distinction from one or the other of many different varieties of plants (hybrids and open pollinated). This is one of those "first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap" perennials and it's obvious...

I happened to have several white pinafores when I was little, and I talked my mother into letting me have one just to play in.I gathered my red dye, my blue dye, and snitched a paint brush from my dad's coffee can full of clean brushes.

At first glance, those of us who never took Latin might think Baptisia australis is used in Australia for baptism. Here is a native plant that is good-looking as well as well-behaved.

The blooms appear from mid to late spring, followed by 2-3 in. They can be dried for use in arrangements. Baptisia australis is native to the prairies of North America, so it is easy to grow and will thrive with little maintenance.

Fun Fact In the past, the seed pods were left to dry on the stems and used as rattles for children. Native to the eastern half of the country and once known as Blue Sophora, it was brought into gardens by 1758.

Baptisia is easy to grow and will thrive with little maintenance. This extremely long-lived perennial could be used instead of a shrub in landscape settings, with minimal care required to thrive year after year.

There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders, or as a specimen. Baptisia is easy to grow and will thrive with little maintenance.

Nothing says American like this big, bold, and beautiful native cultivar, which will make a dramatic statement in your garden come late spring. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders,...

This Baptisia greatly impressed us in our trials with its perfect habit and heavy flower production. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders, or as a specimen.

Baptisias are long lived and among the easiest to grow perennials available. They are prized for being a compact variety that produces grape flowers in the early summer that look like grapes on a vine.

This extremely long-lived perennial could be used instead of a shrub in landscape settings, with minimal care required to thrive year after year. In our Baptisia trials, we were impressed with how it remained in bloomed after other varieties were long...

The contrast of dark stems with light flowers really pops in the landscape, delivering an excellent floral display. The DECADENCE trademark is owned by Walters Gardens, Inc. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings,...

The deep blue-green foliage forms a more compact, upright mound to 3ft tall at maturity. ‘Blueberry Sundae' is a vigorous grower and the foliage looks great all summer. Deep indigo blue flowers much more vibrant than B.

Ten inch long spikes of pastel yellow buds open to creamy vanilla colored flowers from late spring into early summer. Seed pods begin to develop immediately after the plant is finished flowering, deepening in color and persisting into fall.

This is a vigorously growing selection that looks great all season. The DECADENCE trademark is owned by Walters Gardens, Inc. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders, or as a specimen.

Don't delay - Treat yourself to the decadent beauty of 'Blueberry Sundae'! Best of all, this variety of False Indigo is as tough as it is gorgeous. It defies drought, rebuffs deer, flourishes in poor soil, and boasts all of the ease of care we've come...

These crosses resulted in an array of seedlings with unique flower colors and plant habits. Deep maroon buds open to bicolor maroon and yellow flowers held on strong scapes above the blue-green foliage in late spring to early summer.

Because of its shorter stature, you will easily find room to fit this perennial in your flower garden. The DECADENCE trademark is owned by Walters Gardens, Inc. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop...

The roots of the DECADENCE series run deep-14 years deep to be exact. When you have so many colorful members of the DECADENCE Baptisia, it's hard to imagine a new hue! However, 'Pink Lemonade' does just that with its unique bicolor flower spikes, the...

Craving fresh colors for your Spring landscape? Quench that thirst with 'Pink Lemonade' Baptisia! This false indigo earns its title from its airy pillars of light yellow blooms which gain a deep pink blush as they age.

Purple Smoke is another NCBG Baptisia introduction. Alba that was developed by the late Rob Gardner Curator of Native Plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and subsequently introduced by the NCBG in 2002.

Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds. They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy.

Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds. They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy.

Pointing straight up and swaying in the breeze, they have an airy, ethereal look, like columns of violet smoke, offset by striking near-black stalks. The one condition it doesn't like is transplanting, so we have grown our plants in containers to minimize...