Grape Taffy Baptisia (Purple False Indigo) – 2 Gallon Pot

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Coming in at only 30 inches tall and maybe 3 feet wide, ‘Grape Taffy’ is the most compact Baptisia we’ve ever grown. Abundant spikes of reddish-purple pea-like flowers with yellow overtones rise above the foliage from late spring to early summer. The flowers are followed by showy black seedpods that kids love because they rattle when shaken. Both the flowers and seed pods are excellent for cutting and use in fresh or dried floral arrangements. The oval leaves remain green and very attractive providing a unique texture in the garden. A super easy-to-grow and extremely long-lived North American native perennial that you’ll be glad you planted for many years to come!

Growing to only 2.5 feet tall and 3 feet wide, Grape Taffy Baptisia is ideal for use an accent in smaller garden spaces or grouped in perennial borders and meadow gardens and even landscape borders. Its upright growth habit serves well as a centerpiece or vertical accent in larger container gardens. A fine addition to butterfly gardens, pollinator gardens, meadow gardens, cottage gardens and low water needs gardens.

Grape Taffy Baptisia is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained to dry soil and full sun to part shade. We suggest at least 4 hours or more of sunlight for best flowering. Exceptionally drought tolerant when established. A constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot. Plants can be cut back near the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.

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