Baptisia (False Indigo)

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• Form large shrub-sized masses of bluish-green foliage
• Evenly moist sites are best, but once established, will tolerate dry sites
• Long-lived plants
• Black seed pods lend winter interest
• Pollinator plants
  
• ​Showy blooms

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australis
​Discontinued from Montale-available while supplies lasts

• Native!
• ​Brilliant blue flowers
• Indigo blue blooms
• ​Lupine-like foliage
• ​Clover-like foliage
• Bloom time: spring
• ​3' H x 3' W

Substitution Suggestions​​​​​

Baptisia 'American Goldfinch'

Baptisia 'Indigo Spires'

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'American Goldfinch'

• Native cultivar
• Full, widely rounded habit
• Fills space as a specimen 
• Attractive when massed
• Golden yellow blooms
• ​3'-4' H x 4'-5' W
• PP 30478
• ​Bloom time: Spring

Substitution Suggestions​​​​​

Iris 'Butter and Sugar'

Leucanthemum 'Becky'

Peony 'Bartzella'

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'Indigo Spires'

• Compact variety
• Secondary flower spikes extend flowering time
• Tolerant of dry sites
• Great border backdrop
• 3'-4' H x 3'-4' W
• Bloom time: Spring ​​

Substitution Suggestions​​​​​

Iris 'Caesar's Brother'

Eupatorium 'Ruby'

Panicum 'Heavy Metal'

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alba
​Discontinued from Montale-available while supplies lasts

• Native!
• Creamy white flowers 
• Tolerates drought, erosion, and dry soils
• Best used in naturalized plantings or groups
• Bloom time: Spring-Summer
• 4' H x 2' W

Substitution Suggestions

Baptisia 'American Goldfinch'

Baptisia 'Indigo Spires'