Baptisia x 'Honey Roasted'

Sizes available: True gallon

Basics: zones 4-9, 36" x 36"+, full to part sun, bi-colored flower is reddish brown with yellow keel. Blooms in the early summer, Tap-rooted and once established, drought tolerant, not too particular as to soil type as long as it is well-drained

Common names: This is a hybrid of two species of Baptisia. Common names of various Baptisia species are: False Indigo, Rattlepod, Rattlebush, Bush Pea

Family: Fabaceae

Origins/Distribution: developed by Hans Hansen, introduced by Walters Gardens in 2021, exact parentage unknown, but developed through crosses with native species collected in Texas and Oklahoma. There are numerous wild species indigenous to the mid and southwest. There is also one in Maine, Baptisia tinctoria.

Habitat: Baptisias are found along borders with a sunny aspect, like tree lines, for example, and also in open places, meadows, fields.

More: Does not like to be moved, good cut flower, Lovely vase-shape once mature, long-lived

Nursery: Van Berkum

Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery