Product Description
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'Common name: Indigo-Blue.
Zones 4 to 9.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.
Growth rate: Slow, Easy to grow.
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is a distinctive perennial that produces enchanting smoky violet flowers with a purple eye on strongly upright, charcoal-grey stems up to 1.5 feet long. They are held just above the dense, bushy mounds of grey-green foliage from mid to late spring. Mature plants of 3 to 4 years can bear over 50 blooming stalks.
'Purple Smoke' is a naturally occurring hybrid of Baptisia alba and Baptisia australis. Baptisia australis is native to the prairies of North America, so it is easy to grow and will thrive with little maintenance. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders, or as a specimen. Plants are very long-lived once established.