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Baptisia

Baptisia australis

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per Plant - 3" Pot
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ZONES  3-9 | Good to grow! Zone
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Blue Wild Indigo is a beautiful native American wildflower for early summer bloom. Deep blue spikes of pea shaped flowers resembles lupines. (Baptisia australis)

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This is the best-known species of Baptisia--a treasured North American native wildflower that blooms in early summer, and has a confusing name. Wild Indigo, a closely related species, has yellow flowers, but the stems yield a pale blue dye, thus the name. This one actually has blue flowers, but none of the group has ever been very successful in coloring, the 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.

The other Wild Ones: Other native species of Baptisia have yellow, or even pinkish-purple blooms. In recent years, the hybridizers have been at work creating several beautiful new versions of this native favorite.

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As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Early summer

Advantages

  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Birds
  • Native
  • Cut Flowers
  • Soil Enhancing
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Tolerates

  • Dry Sites

Awards

2010 Perennial of the Year.

Additional information

Mature Height

36-48" tall

Mature Spread

24-36" wide

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Dry
  • Moist / Wet

Planting Depth

The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Growth Rate

Slow

Flower Size

10-12" flower

Plant Classification

Native Species

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
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Overall rating: 4.6666665 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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Be patient with this one.

"The thing about this plant is that once it takes root, even if it has a terrible season and dies back, the root will live, and it will keep trying again every season until it succeeds. The first year I got two tiny plants out of the bunch that died. The second year they surprised me by coming back. One was potted and struggled until it died back, and the other was in a raised bed, where it sent up two weak stalks, was attacked by a black fungus(?), and died. This year they both came back, and I put the potted one in the ground. The season has been cool and wet (unlike last year), and they've been thriving. The one that had been potted has started sending up new shoots. They're thick, lush, branching well, and the one in the raised bed is blooming. I'm thrilled, if perhaps reconsidering their locations (mistakes were made . . . if I'm going to move them I should probably do that very soon). Wonderful plant, but not for the faint of heart."

— Ashley (5/5)

I would buy this product again and again

"A fellow gardner and good friend first introducted me to Baptisia Australis. She'd purchased her plants 3 years ago,and this years was their first time blooming. I fell in love with the plant this spring upon seeing that beautiful color. I therefore know that it will be a few seasons before my plants bloom, but they are well worth the wait. My plants arrived healthy and are doing excellently considering the extreme heat we've experienced this year. I was pleasantly surprised at how big the plant were on arrival and of course the cost was great."

— Garden L. (5/5)

A great perennial

"After seeing this plant in a college garden, I looked high and low before finding it in your catalogue. I can't wait to see it in the next few years as it fills out its space as one of the mix of flowers in my English Roses and perennials garden. it weathered being still potted in our very hot and dry summer this year and I want to get it in the groud when the weather cools down a bit. Can't wait to see it flowering."

— Bccrew (4/5)

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