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  Baptisia australis
Code: BA01-A5
Price: $2.55

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'False Indigo'

Plants produce multi-stemmed clumps that grow up to five feet tall with lupine-like spikes of a medium, yet a rich shade of blue. After flowering the uniform clumps have a vase shape of rich green foliage all season long. Very nice cut flowers, plants are slow growing and will bloom in about three years but once established they are very long lived.

Zones 4-9.

50 seeds.



  Baptisia australis
Code: BAIB-A7
Price: $2.20

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'False Indigo' Attractive foliage with showy racemes of pea-shaped dark indigo-blue flowers. 2-3 feet tall. Flowers in three to four years. Likes deep soils and does not take well to transplanting once established. This plant makes a very showy cut flower, long lived and easy to care for once established. Soak seeds in warm water for 2 days, changing the water every 8 hours with fresh warm water, sow in a plastic bag with moist seed medium and put in the fridge for 2 weeks. Sow and keep at 70 F, Germination in three weeks.

50 seeds.



  Baptisia australis var. minor
Code: BAP1-A7
Price: $2.75

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'Blue False Indigo' or 'Lesser false Indigo' or 'Dwarf Blue Indigo'(ap-TIS-ee-a: ow-STRAW-lis)

lilac-blue flowers on 30 inch tall plants. Attractive flowers in late spring and nice seed pods in mid to late summer. This form is more showy that the normal species, with its smaller leaves and shorter stature which is dominated by a greater amount of flowers. Very much like a showy lupine but much easier to grow and long lived in the garden, drought tolerant too. a nice cut flower with a long vase life. If you like the the normal species you will love this subspecies. Plants have deep tap roots and should be planted out were you want them to stay. The genus name comes from the Greek word 'bapto' and means 'To dip' because the plants were used to make a dye, the species name means 'southern.'

Zones 3-8. A Native of Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas. Soak seeds in hot water for 2 days, changing the water every 12 hours. Lightly cover seeds and use F50. Use clean medium and do not over water or allow to dry out while germination is taking place. 1-4 weeks.

20 seeds.



  Baptisia leucantha
Code: BLWW-A7
Price: $2.95

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'White Wild Indigo'

Plants produce tall spikes of creamy-white colored flowers from 2 to 5 feet tall. Plants grow into dense clumps of sea green colored, with pea-bush like foliage. Forms an attractive accent plant in the garden, grows best in full sun in well draining soils. A hardy perennial that is drought tolerant with deep taproots; plants do not transplant well when mature so plant out into a permanent location when young. White Indigo grows best in rich well-drained soil, but can tolerate some short-term moist conditions. After flower the plants produce fruits that are long spikes of large black pods that are useful for dried flower arrangements.

Zones 2-9.

100 scarified seeds



  Baptisia leucophaea
Code: BLCW-A7
Price: $2.95

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[Baptisia bracteata]'Cream Wild Indigo' or 'Long Bracted Wild Indigo'

Plants with blue-green foliage, form small rounded bushes that bloom in mid to late spring. The flowers are spike that droop down below the top of the foliage. The flowers are creamy yellow color and after blooming is done, large charcoal black seedpods are produced in late summer. The seedpods or fruits can be used in flower arrangements. Grow in full sun in well draining soils; plants form a deep taproot once established are drought and heat tolerant. Nice backdrop in the perennial garden along a fence or used as specimens. Will take a few years of growth before the plants are large enough to bloom, once established they should not be moved.

30 scarified seeds.



  Baptisia pendula
Code: BAP2-A
Price: $2.95
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  Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Code: 794B-A7
Price: $4.50

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'Large Yellow Wild Indigo'

30 seeds.



  Baptisia tinctoria
Code: 09BT-A7
Price: $2.95

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'Yellow Wild Indigo' or 'Horsefly Weed' Fabaceae:

Blooms from early to late summer with yellow flowers shaped like pea-flowers, plants grow 3 to 4 feet tall. The bush-like plants have three parted leaflets like a clover. Plants are best grown in full sun or part shade in deep, rich soils that are well-drained with a neutral to slightly acid Ph. Plants have a deep root system and resent root disturbance, and are best left alone once they are established. They are slow to establish from seed, taking a few years of growth before they are large enough to flower, provide the young plants plenty of sunlight and a well draining soil. They have a symbiotic relationship with soil fungi and bacteria. The plants form nodules on the roots were the bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen.

Zones 4-8. Native to Eastern United States. Soak seed in warm water for 2 days -change the water every 12 hours, Germination starts in less than two weeks at 68ºF and can be spread out over a few weeks. Seeds develop a very hard seed coat as they dry – and dry seeds can take few years to soak in water and germinate in the soil.

50 seeds.
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