Baccharis 'Sea Foam'
Silvery blue-green foliage provides excellent contrast to flowering plants and green foliage in borders and herb gardens. Good selection for areas with poor dry soils. 'Sea Foam' is a compact, generally upright cultivar which typically grows in a ... [... more]
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Baptisia alba
White false indigo is an upright perennial which typically grows 2-3' tall and occurs in dry woods from Tennessee and North Carolina to Florida. It features small, white, pea-like flowers (to 1/2" long) in erect racemes (to 12") atop dark [... more]
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Baptisia alba (Pendula Group)
This white false indigo (also called white wild indigo) is virtually identical in appearance to Baptisia alba (B650) except the seed capsules of the former are pendulous and of the latter are upright. It is a somewhat shrubby perennial which ... [... more]
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Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
White false indigo (also commonly called prairie false indigo) is a Missouri native, upright perennial which typically grows 2-3' (less frequently to 5') tall and occurs in prairies, open woods, glades, waste areas and along streambanks ... [... more]
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Baptisia australis Plant of Merit
Blue false indigo is an upright perennial which typically grows 3-4' tall and occurs in rich woods, thickets and along streambanks from Pennsylvania south to North Carolina and Tennessee. It features purple, lupine-like flowers in erect racemes ... [... more]
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Baptisia australis var. minor
This blue false indigo variety (sometimes commonly called lesser false indigo) is an upright Missouri native perennial which occurs in limestone glades and prairies primarily in the unglaciated prairie region of the southwestern quarter of the ... [... more]
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Baptisia bracteata
This Missouri native features erect, branching stems of alternate, trifoliate leaves growing to 30" high with racemes of creamy white, pea-like flowers resembling lupines in shape. Flowers give way to blackish, showy seed pods which are ... [... more]
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Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'
Borders, cottage gardens, prairies and meadows. Effective in naturalized settings. Best as a specimen or in small groups. 'Carolina Moonlight' is an upright perennial (B. sphaerocarpa x B.alba) that typically grows to 3-4' tall. It features a ... [... more]
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Baptisia 'Chocolate Chip'
Borders, cottage gardens. Best as a specimen or in small groups. Chocolate brown with yellow petals 'Chocolate Chip' is an upright false indigo (also wild indigo) that typically grows to 28" tall. As the common name suggests, this cultivar is ... [... more]
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Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
This false indigo hybrid (B. australis x B. alba) is a shrubby perennial which typically grows 3-4.5' tall. It was discovered as a chance seedling in a trial bed at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in the early 1990s. Features smoky violet, ... [... more]
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Baptisia sphaerocarpa Plant of Merit
This species of false indigo (also called yellow wild indigo) is noted for its yellow flowers and rounded seed pods. The current range of this plant appears to be Louisiana to Texas north to Missouri and Oklahoma, however it is not clear that it ... [... more]
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Baptisia tinctoria
Wild indigo (also called yellow wild indigo) is an upright, smooth, shrubby perennial which typically grows 2-3' tall and occurs in open woods and fields from Maine to Florida and west to Minnesota. It features small, bright yellow to cream, ... [... more]
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