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Baptisia (False Blue Indigo)
Baptisia, also known as false indigo and wild indigo, is a beautiful perennial in leaf and flower. The clump-forming plants grow two to four feet in height. The blue-green, compound leaves on stout stems look fresh all summer, and the showy pealike yellow, white, or blue pealike flowers are followed by ornamental black pods.
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| Blue lupine-like flowers in late May followed by attractive black seed pods that rattle in the breeze make this plant one to remember. The attractive gray-green foliage has a shrub-like quality.
Great For: - Accent perennial or cut flower
- Tall back of the border accent
Height: 36-48" Width: 36-48"
Blooms: Blue, Purple (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Dry, Moist, Sandy Feeding: Plant-tone
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| This selection features deep indigo blue, lupine-like flowers that arise on delicate scapes in mid-late June. Attractive seed pods follow the flowers and hover over attractive gray-green foliage.
Great For: - Plant with Peonies and Cranesbills
- Plant with Iris and Yarrow
Height: 30-36" Width: 24-30"
Shape: Upright
Blooms: Blue (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Dry, Moist, Sandy Feeding: Flower-tone
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| This wonderful hybrid Baptisia is a great substitute for lupines as well as being a spectacular perennial in itself. 'Carolina Moonlight' will produce a mound of blue-green foliage before sending up dramatic spikes of butter yellow flowers.
Great For: - Accent perennial or cut flower
- Tall back of the border accent
Height: 40-50" Width: 30-50"
Blooms: Yellow (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Moist, Sandy Feeding: Plant-tone
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| As the name implies, 'Dutch Chocolate' produces rich, velvety, chocolate purple flowers held on upright stems above an especially compact plant with airy grey-green foliage during late spring to early summer.
Great For: - Plant with Daylily and Coreopsis
- Plant with Gaillardia and Grasses
Height: 30-36" Width: 24-30"
Shape: Upright
Blooms: Purple (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Clay, Dry, Moist, Sandy Feeding: Flower-tone
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| The smoky purple spikes of 'Lemon Meringue' give rise to contrasting lemon-yellow flowers in late May and June amid upright sturdy clumps of gray-green, pea-like foliage.
Great For: - Tall borders with grasses and Helenium
- Accent with Achillea and Daylily
Height: 32-36" Width: 18-24"
Shape: Upright
Blooms: Yellow (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Clay, Dry, Moist, Sandy Feeding: Flower-tone
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| As the name implies, 'Purple Smoke' will produce handsome smoky violet flower spikes on charcoal-blue glaucous stems.
Great For: - Plant with Coreopsis and Achillea
- Plant with Grasses and Penstemon
Height: 36-48" Width: 2-4'
Shape: Upright
Blooms: Purple (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Moist, Sandy Feeding: Plant-tone
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| Very floriferous, long-blooming, robust and vigorous, this variety features deep chocolatey-purple flowers with a lemon-yellow keel that fades to violet-purple in June. The flower spikes rise high above clean, healthy blue-green foliage.
Great For: - Accent perennial or cut flower
- Tall back of the border accent
Height: 40-46" Width: 2-3'
Blooms: Brown (Spring)
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| PLANT CARE INFORMATIONSun Exposure: 6+ hours Soil Type: Moist, Sandy Feeding: Plant-tone
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