Baptisia australis 7b Do not ever remove the

Do not ever remove the current year foliage

The peak time to do this is late winter

so it performs best in moist or regular acidic garden soil

The 22" tall x 3' wide clump is topped with sturdy 3' tall scapes of light lavender flowers in early summer

Amsonia species are often encountered in the wild as woodland plants and they will flower modestly in light shade or part shade

Baptisia australis 7b Do not ever remove theBaptisia australis is an easy to grow, drought tolerant, deer resistant North American native that is always a perennial favorite (pardon the pun) for the border or the wild garden. A clump is composed of upright stems clothed with peanut like, trifoliate (three lobed), blue green, waxy foliage on a clump that can easily cover an area 4' wide. In early spring before the clump bulks up, the awesome blue lupine like flower racemes are held atop the