Baptisia tinctoria

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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.

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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