Learn about growing baptisia, also known as false wild indigo, a tough native perennial that blooms in spring.

Baptisia is an easy to grow native plant that will provide you with multiple seasons of interest. Its lovely pea-like flowers appear in the spring followed in the summer by its interesting seedpods that rattle in the breeze.

The latest baptisias not only have an expanded color palette but a rock-solid garden performance. Read on to learn why to grow baptisia.

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Try planting Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'. And pair it with Baptisia Cherries Jubilee. A deer resistant, native, drought tole...

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False indigo or baptisia is a unique and easy plant to grow. It is an excellent companion plant that is probably not used enough.

One task I am not particularly looking forward to this spring is uprooting and moving a mature False Indigo, Baptisia australis. It's been in the same spot for at least a decade. It's not going to be easy to unearth its deep roots, but sadly it has to be done. A garden like mine could easily be a full-time job, but the reality is that I have an average of just two to four hours a day to spend on it. When I added a new flowerbed to the backyard last summer, I did it knowing that something…

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