Twilite Baptisia is an upright perennial native to the eastern coast with robust clover-like blue-green foliage.  The raceme covered with deep purple buds open to smokey violet flowers with yellow keels that extend above foliage in late spring.  The blooms give way to large seedpods that blacken when ripe, providing ornamental interest.  Grows best with acidic well-drained soils.  Its abundant flowers are excellent pollination and butterfly attractors.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance plant. Prefers acidic soils but can grow in neutral or alkaline soils.  Can take poor or rocky soils and is drought tolerant but soils must drain well. Gains a more shrub-like appearance after established if not pruned. Plants may grow taller in shade, which may require staking.  If need to trim back do so after bloom.  

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Native Gardens, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower, Butterfly Bush, Gaillardia 

IMAGES: Photos by rachelgreenbelt, (1) baptisia twilite prairie blues, myyard, (2) baptisia twilite prairie blues, myyard, jdy150 XX201405308158.jpg

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.