First Class Yellow Baptisia Plant
The optimal identification period for this species is late June through early August.
Yellow baptisia plant. 1095260 A recent introduction from Rob Gardner of the North Carolina Botanical Garden this exciting hybrid offers great potential as a specimen plant. Fruiting occurs throughout August. After the blooming season American Goldfinch produces attractive round seed pods in the fall.
The plant is native to North America and with its deep blue blooms provides a perfect enhancement in the native perennial garden. Baptisia is a genus consisting of erect native herbaceous perennials in the Fabaceae bean family. This is one of the most floriferous Baptisia we offer producing loads of brightly colored spikes for many weeks.
Blue dye came from the leaves and yellow from the flowers. They last for about three weeks and attract butterflies and bees. It is adaptable easy growing and makes a good companion for other rugged plants such as ornamental grasses.
Plants thrives in harsh conditions and once established are durable and long lived. Not only does the floral display rival the beauty of any other spring bloom but the plants are deer-resistant and require almost no maintenance. Carolina Moonlight Soft butter yellow flowers.
Baptisia is an easy to care. Well-branched stems form a bushy upright spreading mound of foliage. Deep maroon buds open to bicolor maroon and yellow flowers held on strong stems above the blue-green foliage in late spring to early summer followed by decorative seed pods in fall.
From the Decadence Series developed by Hans Hansen this series offers luscious ultra-colorful flower spikes that adorn the compact well-branched foliage. Gorgeous golden yellow flower spikes rise up above its wide habit. Noted for its exuberant yellow flowers Baptisia sphaerocarpa Yellow Wild Indigo is an upright perennial with a long season of interest.