Twilite Baptisia (False Indigo) - 1 Gallon Pot
$27.98
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Twilite Baptisia (False Indigo) - 1 Gallon Pot
$27.98
Sale price
$27.98
Regular price
$38.00
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Description
Twilite Baptisia
Baptisia 'Twilite' PP19011
Other Names: Twilite False Indigo, Twilight Prairieblues False Indigo
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Height at Maturity: 4.5-5'
Width at Maturity: 4.5-5'
Spacing: 3.5' for mass plantings; 7'+ for space between plants
Spacing: 3.5' for mass plantings; 7'+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Broad, Rounded, Vase
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Smokey Violet-Purple
Flower Size: .5 to 1" in lupine-like vertical racemes
Flowering Period: Late Spring to Early Summer
Flower Type: Pea-like
Fragrant Flowers: -
Foliage Color: Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: -
Berries: Attractive seed pods
Berry Color: Brown
Sun Needs: Full Sun to Part Shade, 4 hours of sunlight or more per day
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy, Silt (amended)
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 - 7.0 (Slightly Acid to Neutral)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Poor Soil, Rabbit
Description
An extremely robust and vigorous False Indigo, Baptisia 'Twilite' was selected from a controlled cross by breeder Dr. Jim Ault, the Director of Ornamental Plant Research at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Exceptionally fast-growing and quick to mature, Twilite reaches about 4 to 5 feet tall and wide and produces up to 100 of its beautiful lupine-like flowering racemes in just three years. The long-lasting, bicolor, smokey-violet colored flowers with yellow keels come in late spring to early summer over about 5 weeks. After the flowers come ornamental seed pods that extend the season of interest into fall. Kids will love to shake and rattle the seed pods, which are also excellent for cutting and displaying in floral arrangements. The blooms rise on sturdy stems above the rounded vase of dense, very pretty, blue-green, trifoliate foliage, which stays spotless all season. Its dense, bushy, shrub-like habit, adaptability to poor soil and drought, and long lifespan make Twilite ideal as an accent or grouping in sunny perennial and landscape borders.
Landscape / Garden Uses
Growing 4.5 to 5 feet tall and equally wide, Twilight Baptisia is ideal for an accent or grouping in perennial and meadow gardens and landscape borders. It is also suitable for growing in large containers. It is a fine addition to butterfly gardens, cut flower gardens, native plant gardens, pollinator gardens, meadow gardens, cottage gardens, and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Growing Preferences
Twilite Baptisia is easy to grow in moist, well-drained soil and full sun to part shade. For best flowering, we suggest at least 5 hours or more of sunlight. It tolerates poor soils and has high drought tolerance when established. Constantly soggy or wet soil can cause problems with the roots, so make sure the planting site is well-draining. Plants can be cut back near the ground in late winter before new spring growth emerges.
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Care
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