Baptisia 'Dark Chocolate'
Baptisia Decadence 'Pink Truffles' has large, mauve-pink flower spires with pale yellow keels adaptable to many garden situations.
Description:
Baptisia Decadence 'Dark Chocolate' has large, deepest purple, almost black, flower spires with golden yellow keels to 3-4 feet tall. Baptisia are long-lived, will thrive with little maintenance and adapt to soils that range from dry to marginal, but dislike being moved once established. Potential design options include meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders, or as a specimen. Choose a place well and they will grow into vase-shaped anchor plant that even helps feed your garden.
Common Name: False Indigo
Family: Fabaceae (The Legume Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woods and alluvial thickets, often on river banks.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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