Product Description
Baptisia Twilite Prairieblues (x variicolor 'Twilite' PP19011)Common name: Indigo-Blue.
Zones 4 to 9.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 4 to 5 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide.
Growth rate: Slow, Easy to grow.
Twilite Prairieblues has deep purple buds which open to smoky violet-purple flowers with lemon yellow keels. The long-lasting flowers appear on upright spikes in late spring about 1 to 2 weeks later than Starlite Prairieblues from late spring into early summer. Charcoal black seed pods add visual interest to the fall landscape. This is a fairly large selection of Baptisia, so be sure to give it plenty of room to grow. It is unusually robust and vigorous selection that matures quickly in the landscape. 3 year old plants can have 100 or more flowering stems! The blue-green, trifoliate foliage remains beautiful all season long, making this plant a terrific backdrop for other flowering perennials in the landscape.
Twilite Prairieblues is a selection from a controlled cross of B. australis x sphaerocarpa. Baptisia australis is native to the prairies of North America, so it is easy to grow and will thrive with little maintenance.