Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' ~ 'Purple Smoke' False Indigo-ServeScape
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' ~ 'Purple Smoke' Baptisia, False Indigo-ServeScape
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' ~ 'Purple Smoke' Baptisia, False Indigo-ServeScape

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'

'Purple Smoke' Baptisia, False Indigo

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Purple Smoke Baptisia is an upright perennial native with clover-like grey-green foliage on charcoal stems.  The slightly arching raceme sporting smokey lavender flowers extend well above the foliage in mid-spring.  The blooms give way to large seedpods that blacken when ripe, providing ornamental interest.  'Purple Smoke' is a tough, drought-tolerant plant that grows best with dry to average well-drained acidic soils..  Its abundant flowers are excellent pollination and butterfly attractors.  

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

B. australis x B. alba Hybrid

Height: 

3’ - 4.5’

Spread: 

3’ - 4’

Spacing: 

3’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4  -9 

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

Spring

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance plant. Prefers acidic soils but can grow in neutral or alkaline soils.  Can take poor or rocky soils and is drought tolerant but soils must drain well. Gains a more shrub-like appearance after established if not pruned. Plants may grow taller in shade, which may require staking.  If need to trim back do so after bloom.  

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland GardensWildlife GardensNaturalized AreasNative Gardens, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower,  Bee Balm, Meadow Sage

IMAGES: normanackBaptisia Purple Smoke (1)CC BY 2.0, (2) normanackBaptisia Purple SmokeCC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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