Baptisia ‘Lunar Eclipse’
Baptisia 'Lunar Eclipse' is an exciting cultivar with shrub sized plants and lupin-like flowers in cream to lavender-blue.
Baptisia ‘Lunar Eclipse’ has dramatic spires of large, lupine-like May flowers that turn from creamy white to lavender-blue as they age followed by ornamental black seed pods. False indigo are like perennial lupins. They are long-lived and will adapt to a wide range of soils from dry to marginally wet to salty but dislike being moved once established. They will grow into a vase-shaped anchor plant with the weight and presence of a shrub. Use in the border as a specimen, focal point, or anchor plant or mass plant in larger gardens. Drought tolerant once established. Nitrogen-fixer. Pollinator attractor. Deer resistant.
Common Name: False Indigo
Family: Fabaceae (The Legume Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woods and alluvial thickets, often on river banks.
Award: AGM
Geographical Origin: North America, Garden Origin
