Baptisia australis AGM

Description

New to our catalogue for 2025

A very long lived, low maintenance perennial, which flowers all summer.  With hundreds of pea-like violet-blue blossoms

Flowering: Summer

Hardiness: Hardy

Height: 150cm

Spread: 100cm

Further information:

Suitable for cut flowers

Common Name: Blue False Indigo

Life Cycle: perennial

Family: Papilionaceae

Foliage: ovate to oblanceolate

Basic Colour: ( blue )

Flower Colour: blue

Natural Flowering: June – August

Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height with Flowers: 150cm

Soil Requirements:  average / moist / well-drained

Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral

Location:  container / cottage garden / border / meadow

Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies

Pruning: Cut back once flowers have blackened.

Tolerates: deer resistance / rabbit resistance

Origin: USA