Description
Baptisia ‘Indigo Spires’ is a lovely false indigo with 12-15 inch long, deep violet purple flower spikes and contrasting yellow keels giving a bi-colour effect. Very floriferous. The flowers are followed by ornamental black seed pods. Fully rounded clumps of glaucous foliage will reach 42-48 inches tall and 42 inches wide. 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.
