Product Description
Baptisia DECADENCE 'Sparkling Sapphires' PP27904 (4) 1-gallons
Height: 2.5-3 Feet, Spread: 2.5-3 Feet
Flower Color: Purple-blue shades, Foliage Color: Green shades
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Full sun to Part shade
Blooms Late spring - Early summer
This addition to the Baptisia DECADENCE® will stop you in your tracks with its intensely vibrant flower color. You’ll enjoy its vivid violet blue blossoms in late spring, around the same time as peonies and Salvia.
Baptisia DECADENCE 'Sparkling Sapphires' is a captivating and compact false indigo cultivar that is known for its vibrant violet-blue flowers and attractive foliage. It is a fantastic choice for adding a touch of elegance and attracting pollinators to gardens. Here is a closer look at what makes it special:
Appearance:
- Flowers: 'Sparkling Sapphires' produces a profusion of pea-shaped, violet-blue flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The flowers are arranged on upright, sturdy spikes that rise above the foliage, creating a beautiful vertical display.
- Foliage: The plant has bushy, deep blue-green foliage that forms a spreading mound. The foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, providing a lovely backdrop for the flowers and other perennials in the garden.
Growing Conditions:
- Light: Thrives in full sun, needing at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day for optimal flowering. It can tolerate some light shade, but it may become leggy and require staking.
- Soil: Prefers well-drained soil and is quite drought tolerant once established. It is adaptable to various soil types, including poor soils.
- Hardiness Zones: Hardy in USDA zones 4-9, making it suitable for a wide range of climates.
Uses:
- Borders and Beds: Its upright habit and vibrant flowers make it a perfect addition to borders, beds, and cottage gardens.
- Containers: 'Sparkling Sapphires' can also be grown in containers, adding a touch of elegance to patios and decks.
- Cut Flowers: The flowers make excellent cut flowers for fresh arrangements.
- Pollinator Gardens: It is a great choice for pollinator gardens, attracting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators with its abundant nectar and pollen.
Additional Benefits:
- Compact Habit: Its compact size compared to other Baptisia varieties makes it ideal for smaller gardens or spaces where a larger plant might be overwhelming.
- Long-Lived: 'Sparkling Sapphires' is a long-lived perennial that can provide beauty in the garden for many years.
- Ornamental Seed Pods: After the flowers fade, interesting seed pods develop, adding further interest to the garden. The seed pods turn charcoal-black in the fall and persist into winter.
- Deer and Rabbit Resistant: The foliage is generally unappealing to deer and rabbits.
- Low Maintenance: It is a relatively low-maintenance plant that does not require much care once established.
Overall, Baptisia DECADENCE 'Sparkling Sapphires' is a fantastic choice for gardeners seeking a long-blooming, low-maintenance perennial with vibrant blue flowers and attractive foliage. Its compact size and adaptability make it a versatile addition to any sunny garden.
Because of its shorter stature, you will easily find room to fit this perennial in your flower garden. Seed pods begin to develop immediately after the plant is finished flowering, deepening in color and persisting into fall. Attracts butterflies. Deer resistant. Attractive Seed Heads
(4) 1-gallon containers ready to plant, plants may be trimmed for shipping,
Other Details
The most important part of the plant is its root system. Healthy roots are the foundation of a healthy, vibrant plant. The type of plug container used is based on the specific needs of the plants. Perennials offered as bare root traditionally perform better when planted as bare root.Planted in a specialized mix, potted plants have well established root systems. Top growth stage will vary depending on the current life cycle and time of year when shipped. In Winter and early Spring dormant plants may be shipped. Dormant plants may be planted right away, even before the last frost date.
Most bare root varieties are field grown for at least one season, though Hemerocallis and Hosta are grown for two seasons. The bulk of the soil is removed during the harvesting process and the tops of most varieties are trimmed back to the crown. They are graded, packed in shredded aspen or sphagnum moss and stored in freezers until ready to be shipped.
See our Container Sizes and Bare Root Perennials pages for more information.
Plant information and care is provided in the Overview section, Plant Genus Page and general information is provided in the Planting Care & Guides. Additional questions can be asked on each Plant page.
Plant Spacing: Using the maximum mature spread or width of a plant to guide spacing, ensures space to grow to full size. To fill an area sooner, plant them closer together. Just remember, future thinning or transplanting may be needed.
Water: Keep a close eye on newly planted perennials, especially throughout the first growing year. Most early plant loss is due to too much or too little water!
