Baptisia might be the best landscape perennial and we need to talk about it more | Walters Gardens 

I already liked this plant, but after listening to Tony Avent and Michael Dirr talk about them, I'm in love 🥰 I'm trying multiple cultivars, and I'm growing some from collected seeds too, to see what I get! The leaves last so long in the vase as a foliage

I just find that baptisia are too large and with such a short bloom time, they are not worth the real estate in my garden.

One of my all time favourite spring bloomers. I use them as almost centre pieces with under planting. I am about to plant 7 as a hedge. They are white and I will be under planting with burgandy coral bells. So easy, so reliable and I often use the stems with leaves as fillers in arrangements. Similar tone to eucalyptus and a good vase life.

I love them. Pretty much a zero maintenance plant. Nothing to do but enjoy them.

Love baptisia, but seriously felt like they bloomed for less than a week this year! 😭

Baptisia means baptism in greek. Ahaha what a name to give to a plant!!

Y'all need to breed for rebooking traits. Their flowers don't last long enough

Wow. The nicest baptisia I’ve ever seen.

I didn't know they got so big. They are pretty but do not bloom long enough.

I very much agree. Two qualities I particularly appreciate:

Wow. Thank you for the information on this plant!!!

I’m going to be adding more Baptisia to my garden. 💐💚🙃

I very much agree! I have several different species in my landscape and welcome their early spring blooms!

my favorite plant.

For the first time my Cherries Jubilee splayed after a heavy rain. I had to tie them up. They’re about 4 years old.

How many years old are those plants?

I have the species version baptista australis; all the cultivars were not around when I got it.

I got the vanilla decadence in zone 8b and it hasn’t bulked up in the last 2 years since I planted it. It’s still very few branches . Is there something to make it grow faster n bulkier

I have bought Baptisia but it’s not in the Decadence collection. They are False indigo Goldfinch. What size should it be? How long does it take to develop the big taproot that would make it hard to transplant in case it takes up too much room in the place I’ve put it? TIA Zone 8 NO AL