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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'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'