View full sizeBaptisia's unusual foliage is grey-green in color and attractive throughout the year. Groups of three leaflets grow on stems that branch profusely, forming the entire plant into a ...

Baptisia will bloom in late spring to early summer. The flowers are produced on spikes (racemes) that rise above the foliage and can be 12-24 inches tall. Blooms can last for three weeks or longer.

In the autumn rush, Marjorie Harris advises to think ahead when it comes to your garden ...

Not all native plants are unruly and wild-looking. Some are neat and tidy and fit well into a conventional perennial garden. False indigo, Baptisia sp., is one example of how a wild plant can be ...

The OregonianAgastache 'Blue Fortune' For years agastache was lost to me in the clutter of trendier plants. It isn't variegated and doesn't have 8-inch flowers or bronze foliage. But what anise ...

Above: Agastache rupestris. sports soft orange flowers on licorice-scented leaves and is one of the species native to Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico, meaning it is drought-tolerant and durable.

If someone asked me to design my idea of the “perfect” perennial, it would come pretty darned close to being this year’s selection for Perennial of the Year. Gorgeous purple-blue flowers, widely ...

This year at the Southern Plant Trials, I fell in love with the herbaceous perennial agastache. This perennial stood out to me with its profuse blooms and delightful fragrance.

Blue false indigo, with the botanical name Baptisia australis, is a lovely shrub that blooms in the late spring in zones 3-9 in full sun or part shade.It grows about 4 feet tall and as wide and is ...

If you’re looking to attract more bees and butterflies to your lawn, consider planting Baptisia, the May Plant of the Month. Taylor Jones with the Guilford County Cooperative Extension shows us ...

If someone asked me to design my idea of the “perfect” perennial, it would come pretty darned close to being this year’s selection for Perennial of the Year. Gorgeous purple-blue flowers, widely ...