Glory Blue Baptisia Flower

Bumblebees know a good thing when they see it.

Blue baptisia flower. Baptisia Australis has dark seed pods formed in fall that are a. For 2010 this is Baptisia. Every year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a plant of the year.

Its vase-like habit is topped with densely packed blue flowers. I purchased this plant from the historic gardens of Americas original plantsman John Bartram in Philadelphia. Handsome foliage and stunning flowers make blue wild indigo a plant with presence in a perennial garden or mixed border.

Baptisia has long held importance as a dye for textiles. The flowers have four to five petals each and stand up on a raceme or spike. No flower fills your garden with brilliant true blue flowers like blue False Indigo.

The plant is native to North America and with its deep blue blooms provides a perfect enhancement in the native perennial garden. They bloom in late spring sometimes around early summer in white blue purpleblue or yellow and are irregular and pea-shaped. Baptisia australis commonly known as blue wild indigo or blue false indigo is a flowering plant in the family fabaceae.

Including North Carolina that have long been one of our favorite groups of sun perennials. Fresh cut stem of blue false indigo flower aka baptisia close up of flowers and leaves. Fresh cut stem of blue false indigo flower aka baptisia with copy space.

On Jan 4 2007 frostweed from Josephine Arlington TX Zone 8a wrote. Black seedpods appear after the flowers-attractive in dried arrangements. There are also several hybrid cultivars on the market today.