Baptisia ‘Pink Truffles’
Baptisia 'Pink Truffles' has lovely spires of lupine-like May flowers that lighten from dusky pink to light pink as they age followed by ornamental black seed pods.
Baptisia ‘Pink Truffles’ has lovely spires of lupine-like May flowers that lighten from dusky pink to light pink as they age followed by ornamental black seed pods. Baptisia are long-lived and will adapt to a wide range of soils from dry to marginal and salty but dislike being moved once established. Choose a place well and they will grow into a vase-shaped anchor plant, maturing to shrub size at 3′ by 3′.
Common Name: False Indigo
Family: Fabaceae (The Legume Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries: Black
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woods and alluvial thickets, often on river banks.
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Geographical Origin: North America, Garden Origin
