Baptisia australis
Blue Indigo
- Native
- Easy to grow
- Deep green foliage
- Large, beefy bush
- Large indigo flowers
- Long-lasting color
- Drought tolerant
- Category: Perennial
- Breeder: American Beauties Native Plants
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Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Height: 3-4 Feet
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Spread: 3-4 Feet
- Bloom Color: Purple Shades
Stately and stunning are two words that accurately sum up this American Beauties native that is long lived and easy to grow. While a perennial that dies back to the ground each year, Baptisia looks like a shrub once it emerges from the soil with multiple, tall, upright, almost woody stems creating a big, beefy bush with deep green pea-like foliage. By mid-May, the top of each stem sports a string of buds that open by late month revealing deep, indigo blue, hooded, pea-like flowers that may stretch 6-8" high. The color is stunning against the foliage backdrop and the flowers are long lasting, staying in color well into June. Baptisia is easy to grow in any sunny, well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant and has an extensive root system which makes it difficult to move once established so find it a permanent home and enjoy the color!
Season of Interest (Flowering)
