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Sunday, June 11. 2017

Baptisia (False Indigo)

Baptisia is an excellent 3+-ft. high border perennial. It's a late-spring/early-summer bloomer, likes full sun to half-day sun but can get leggy without enough sun.


It's a tough and vigorous perennial - once it is established.  It grows deep roots, so it can unfortunately take a couple of years to reach its full effect.


The three new ones I planted in the fall are pathetic now, but next Spring they should be ready to show some vigor and bloom.


Many good things need patience. For instant color, go with annuals.


Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 16:13 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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As the common name implies, the plant can be used as a source of blue dye although it is not as desirable ('lighter shade of blue') as the true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria). Both species are in the pea family. Another source of indigo dye is 'dyer's woad' (Isatis tinctoria), a mustard, which was grown in Europe before true indigo started to be imported from Asia. Both true indigo and dyer's woad were grown in colonial America. Dyer's woad is now a problem weed in parts of the west.
#1 botanyman on 2017-06-12 07:19 (Reply)
That isn't phylox?
#2 rbm411 on 2017-06-12 21:10 (Reply)

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