Baptisia tinctoria
Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo
The only Baptisia native to New England, Baptisia tinctoria is a well-behaved, bushy perennial that provides excellent pollinator support from a billowy mound of yellow flowers. Plants fix their own nitrogen and thrive in average to dry sites, including those with poor soils. Prefers full sun, growing 2-3 feet tall and wide. Interesting dark seed pods form in fall.
Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo
The only Baptisia native to New England, Baptisia tinctoria is a well-behaved, bushy perennial that provides excellent pollinator support from a billowy mound of yellow flowers. Plants fix their own nitrogen and thrive in average to dry sites, including those with poor soils. Prefers full sun, growing 2-3 feet tall and wide. Interesting dark seed pods form in fall.
Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo
The only Baptisia native to New England, Baptisia tinctoria is a well-behaved, bushy perennial that provides excellent pollinator support from a billowy mound of yellow flowers. Plants fix their own nitrogen and thrive in average to dry sites, including those with poor soils. Prefers full sun, growing 2-3 feet tall and wide. Interesting dark seed pods form in fall.
HABIT
Height: 2’
Bloom Time: summer
SITE CONDITIONS
Light: full sun
Soil: average, medium-dry, dry
CULTIVATION TIPS
Establishment: forms a deep root system, avoid moving after establishment
Deer Resistance: unknown
INTERACTIONS
Pollinator Support: very high, supports numerous at-risk pollinators
Other: host plant for Wild Indigo Duskywing skipper and the Clouded Sulphur butterfly.
CONSERVATION
Native Range: northeast, mid-Atlantic
Seed Origin: New Jersey