Baptisia DECADENCE® Series (False Indigo), available from Proven Winners® this spring, are a tamed down and much more suitable Baptisia for home gardens. Over a decade of work by Hans Hansen, head hybridizer of Walters Gardens, has produced a series of Baptisia with unique colors and a short, compact habit. Varieties of this series are selected for their desirable flower colors and shorter, more compact habit. All varieties produced from cuttings, resulting in more uniform finished plants.

• EXPOSURE: Full sun to light shade
• BLOOMS: Late Spring to Early Summer
• HEIGHT: 2.5 to 3 feet
• SPACE: 2 to 3 feet
• ZONE: 4-9

Hybridized and selected for their shorter, more compact habit and unique flower colors, DECADENCE® Baptisias are scaled to fit easily into today’s home gardens. Their showy spring blooms add colorful flair followed by decorative seed pods which add interest to the fall garden. Baptisia is an ancient perennial that was first used by Native Americans to make indigo dyes. It can be found growing naturally in meadows, tolerating heat and drought with ease and resisting deer browsing too. Be sure to choose a permanent location when planting Baptisia since mature plants resent being disturbed.

Available in five colors:

'Blueberry Sundae' PP23891 Vibrant indigo blue blossoms Deep indigo blue flowers more vibrant than B. australis Blooms late spring to early summer Well-branched, deep blue-green foliage forms a compact, upright mound Height: 2.5 to 3 feet Zones 4-9
'Cherries Jubilee' PP23907 Unique bi-color maroon and yellow flowers that age to gold are held on strong scapes Blooms late spring to early summer Secondary branching makes this variety especially floriferous Well-branched, deep blue-green foliage Relatively short for a Baptisia Height: 2.5 to 3 feet Zones 4-9
'Dutch Chocolate' PP23872 Rich velvety chocolate purple flowers Blooms late spring to early summer The deep blue green foliage remains densely compact as the plant matures Height: 2.5 to 3 feet Zones 4-9
‘Lemon Meringue’ PP24280 Excellent vigor for a yellow Baptisia Lemon yellow flowers produced on charcoal stems in late spring to early summer Upright, vase-shaped mound of attractive blue-green foliage Height: 3 feet Zones 4-9
‘Vanilla Cream’ PPAF Creamy vanilla flowers which open from pastel yellow buds Foliage emerges bronze in spring, then matures to grey-green Height: 2.5 to 3 feet Zones 4-9