The Baptisia plant is actually a striking perennial plant that needs minimum care and it produces a maximum results. The Baptisia plant is also known as false indigo, the Baptisia flowers were once used by Native Americans and early European settlers as a dye before true indigo became available.
Baptisia Plant Info
The Baptisia plant is a members of the Fabaceae or pea family, the Baptisia plant distinctive pea-like blossoms also come in white (Baptisia alba) and yellow (Baptisia tinctoria) as well as the more widely known blue (Baptisia australis). There are also quite a lot of hybrid cultivars on the market today. The Baptisia plant is Native to the prairies of southern North America and the plants grow well in almost in any well-drained soil in USDA planting zones five to nine. The leaves of the plant are trifoliate (three leaflets) and it range in color from dark blue-green to light yellow-green and they can become so dense as to give the plant a shrub-like appearance. The fully mature plants can grow 2 ½ to 3 feet tall and it produce racemes or flower spikes adding another twelve to twenty-four inches to their height. Actually each of these racemes is covered with flowers and will bloom for about 6 weeks in spring or early summer. A fully mature plant can produce a 100 of these glorious spikes.
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