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Blue False
Indigo
Baptisia |
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Description:
Dainty blue flowers and the bushy, shrub-like foliage make this plant excellent for
naturalizing or to be used in the woodland garden. Baptisia does
not like to be transplanted because of it's long tap root. Serves as a host
for butterfly larvae. |
| Common Name: |
Blue False Indigo, Blue Wild Indigo |
| Botanical
Name: |
Baptisia australis |
| Type: |
Perennial |
| Soil
Preference: |
Tolerates drought and will grow in dry to
moist soils but prefers well-drained, loamy or sandy soils with a pH of acidic to slightly
alkaline (less than 6.8 - 7.0) |
| Light
Requirements: |
Full sun, partial sun, partial shade |
| Attributes: |
Attracts birds and butterflies and is suitable for cut and dried flowers.
Good for naturalizing or in the border. |
| Pests: |
Rabbits may chew on foliage |
| Diseases: |
Leaf spot, powdery mildew, rust |
| Good Companion
Plants: |
Foxglove,
Hardy Geranium, Lady's
Mantle, Lupines, Peony, Perennial Salvia,
Sundrop, Hibiscus, Miscanthus, Helianthus,
Pennisetum and Rudbeckia |
| Care: |
Cut back to 6 inches in the fall and remove the dead foliage
in spring. May need staking to maintain it's form. Deadhead after blooming.
Does not like to be transplanted. Fertilize with Plant-tone or a
water-soluble fertilizer. Planting
Instructions: Perennials |
| Varieties: |
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Baptisia
australis
Blue False Indigo
zones 3-9
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| Description: Indigo blue flowers bloom late spring on an upright plant
that may require staking to maintain its form. Bushy, shrub-like habit with thousands of
small gray green leaves followed by pea-pod shaped seed pods. |
| Bloom Color: |
Blue |
| Bloom Time: |
Spring and summer |
| Foliage Color: |
Green and silvery |
| Height: |
24-48" |
| Spread: |
36-48" |
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Baptisia
'Starlite Prairie Blues'
Blue False Indigo
zones 4-9
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| Description:
This beautiful new native cultivar is a selection from a controlled cross of
B. australis x bracteata made by Dr. Jim Ault of the Chicago
Botanic Garden. One of the earliest Baptisia to bloom, this plant produces
very impressive 24 inch long flower spikes with densely spaced vivid violet
buds and cool periwinkle flowers with butter cream keels in late spring to
early summer. The spikes extend well-above the attractive blue-green foliage
and tend to arch gracefully outward as they age. In fall, the seed pods turn
charcoal black and make an interesting addition to fall bouquets. Starlite
Prairieblues™ has a vase-shaped habit when it is young, maturing into a
broadly rounded shrub-like plant. It is reportedly quick to mature compared
to other Baptisias. |
| Bloom Color: |
Blue |
| Bloom Time: |
Spring and summer |
| Foliage Color: |
Blue-green |
| Height: |
36" |
| Spread: |
48" |
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