Purple Baptisia Twilite Prairie Blues, Baptisia, False Indigo
Purple Baptisia Twilite Prairie Blues, Baptisia, False Indigo
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Baptisia Twilite Prairie Blues
SKU: AM014496
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Overview
Twilight Prairieblues Baptisa PP19011 or also known as False Indigo blooms deep violet/purple with yellow highlights. It produces flower spikes that are about 42 inches tall. Perfect for attract butterflies to your garden. Plant in places with full sun to partial shade. PP#19011 (Baptisia)
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Botanical Name
Baptisia
Advantages
Native, Deer Resistant, Cut Flowers, Dried Flowers
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Soil Moisture
Average, Moist / Wet
Mature Height
36-42" tall
Mature Spread
Up to 24" wide
Bloom Time
Late spring to early summer
SKU
AM014496
Description
Twilight Prairie Blues is a beautiful purplish/maroon color with a keel in lemon yellow, a color combination that makes a big show in the early summer garden.
About the Baptisias: This is a group of treasured North American native wildflowers. The most common species is called Wild Indigo, but actually has yellow flowers. The stems yield a pale blue dye, thus the name. Others have indigo blue flowers, and some have reddish bloom, so the whole group has ended up with the common name False Indigo. None of the Baptisias have ever been very successful in coloring, the common name notwithstanding.
Today, this beautiful wildflower, though quite common in many areas, is rare in others. It is threatened which means quite rare, in Maryland and Indiana, and actually officially listed as endangered in Ohio. But in Texas, for example, its one of the most persistent flowering wild plants, even through severe droughts and endless, baking summers. Baptisias are great for xeriscaping, the practice of creating gardens that need very little watering. And they're great plants for the wildflower collector.
