Baptisia False Indigo

Great for wild meadows. This is the rare, true blue indigo, endangered in some areas, common in others.

* Soft Fern Like Branches * Lush Conical Form * Great hedge It matures to a 6'-10' height with an equal spread. Soft, Compact Evergreen Chamaecyparis Soft Serve, Soft Servetm Chamaecyparis pisfera 'Dow Whiting', is a compact, slow growing, lush, and conical...

Loads of 2' long spikes of deep violet-blue pea shaped flowers are held well above the green foliage of this new hybrid Baptisia from Dr. Jim Ault of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent...

Baptisia's only get better with age producing more and more spikes of flowers successively each year that they are allowed to share our gardens. Baptisia's are durable pest and disease resistant native taprooted perennials and could be considered the...

Plant them where you intend to leave them as they typically do not like to be disturbed once established. Baptisia's are durable pest and disease resistant native taprooted perennials and could be considered the Lupine for the south.

Provides early deep blue blooms in a bushy shape. Grow up to 4′ height and branching habit make wide spacing advisable in home landscaping. The most popular Baptisias plant around.

This species has a long migratory route, flying as far as 2,000 miles between their breeding grounds and wintering spots. Nests are often located in berry bushes, barberry or wild rose thickets, or saplings of hackberry, elm or maple trees.

Their roots can grow up to 12 feet deep and a single clump can expand to 3 or 4 feet wide. As stated before, these plants don't like to be disturbed once they are established. Care should be taken to leave them undisturbed.

This is due to the thick taproot and a wildly spread root system. Avoid any new shoots that might be popping up, but remove the dead material for an easier form to wrangle.deeply and adding in organic plant material.

Pointing straight up and swaying in the breeze, they have an airy, ethereal look, like columns of violet smoke, offset by striking near-black stalks. It also makes a fine backdrop to spring-flowering bulbs and to fragrant, low-growing perennials.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established. A multitude of sturdy spikes filled with brilliant yellow pea-like blossoms are held above the rounded blue-green to gray-green rounded foliage.

Baptisia is an easy to care for plant with moderate growth rate and no need to prune or train. Has long held importance as a dye for textiles. The plant is native to North America and with its deep blue blooms, provides a perfect enhancement in the native...

You can't help but want to reach out and touch it. (Trust us on this. It is perfect in an Asian-inspired garden, but it also looks fantastic in a contemporary setting or even a woodland garden.

It's considered a low maintenance shrub so you won't have to fuss with it like some other landscape varieties. Called “Golden Mop” for its mop head appearance, this little gem features foliage of a golden yellow hue.

Cream Ball only reaches 2 feet tall and wide and it only grows 1 inch per year, so you can fit it exactly where you want it and know that it won't be gangly and out of bounds next year – or the year after – or really ever! Cream Ball forms a round...

), also known as spider aralia or threadleaf aralia, is grown for its attractive foliage. Treat the areas near the base of the leaves with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol every five days, especially where you see the cottony masses of insects.is helpful...

Its enchanting 1 1/2-inch waxy and purple-flushed white flowersare composed of two sets of petals, the inner set forming a cup.Those blooms nod at the end of springy purple stems, like upside-down lotuses.As illustrated below, anemonopsis grows on misty...

It demands only a well-drained, sunny location and enough space dedicated to it long-term that it can feel at home.if planting a very tiny seedling, mark its location with a stake or rock so you don't lose track of it.Suggestions: if you want to start...

Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system.

If you want to know how to grow false spirea, you can either plant seeds or take. Those who choose to grow Sorbaria shrubs must be ready for the plants' unruly nature.These shrubs offer masses of overarching branches, with dark green, pinnate leaves.

Prior to its own bloom season, boltonia's gray-green, lance-shaped leaves provide an attractive backdrop for early- and mid-summer bloomers. This tough, care-free American native grows naturally throughout the eastern and midwestern U.S. along roadsides,...

Plants are very long-lived once established. This Baptisia greatly impressed us in our trials with its perfect habit and heavy flower production. Unlike some Baptisia which can be tall and leggy, ‘Indigo Spires' forms a densely branched, fully rounded...

You can grow Mexican heather as an annual if you live in a chillier climate.Planting Mexican heather is uninvolved, although the plant benefits from a little added compost or manure if soil is poor.

Growing false azalea in a shady, moist area works well as long as you pick a site with well-draining, slightly acidic soil. This shubby flowering plant thrives in moist shady areas, growing to 12 feet (3.6 m.) tall.

Trim arching stems of false forsythia bushes above the node. Blooms emerge from purple buds before leaves appear and are showy and slightly fragrant.White forsythia shrubs are also known as Korean Abelialeaf.

It does prefer moist, fertile soil rather than poorly draining, wet soil.These false cypress shrubs can be grown in mass plantings, rock gardens, on hillsides, in containers or as standalone specimen plants in the landscape.Keep the shrub moist, especially...

The small thread-leaf varieties add bright evergreen color and unique texture as foundation plantings, borders, hedges and accent plants. They obtained the common name “mops” from their foliage, which bears an appearance to the strings of a mop, and...