umid | 25 |
botanical_name | Baptisia 'Midnight Prairieblues' |
common_name | Midnight Prairieblues False Indigo |
plant_type | flowering herbaceous perennial |
fol_persis | deciduous |
nativity | Great Lakes native |
hardiness | 4 to 9 |
typical_height_ft | 4-5' |
typical_width_ft | 3.5-4' |
light_type | full sun, Light Shade or Part sun |
details_on_light_needs | Prefers full sun |
soil_type | loam, sand |
soil_preference | Sandy, poor soils |
soil_moisture | dry to moist |
details_on_soil_moisture_needs | Well-drained, non-acidic |
drought_tol | drought tolerant |
deer_tol | high tolerance (also called deer resistant) |
salt_tol | salt tolerant |
heat_tol | heat |
plant_form | clumped, erect or upright |
foliage_color | blue-green |
fall_color | brown |
bloom_time | June, May |
bloom_color | blue, purple |
fruit_type | Pod |
fruit_color | brown |
winter_form | architectural, seed head |
eco_value | bee, bird, butterfly, nitrogen-fixer |
combines_well_with | Bluestar, Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Rattlesnake Master, Sweet Black-eyed Susan, Showy Goldenrod, Indian Grass |
notes | Nitrogen-fixer; deep taproot, so avoid moving after established; spreads by underground rhizomes; may need support in part shade. |
citation1 | https://1x848d9mftq5g9wx3epiqa1d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Baptisia_Report-_web_version.pdf |
citation2 | https://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/5281/midnight-prairieblues-false-indigo/ |
citation3 | https://www.gardenia.net/plant/baptisia-midnight-false-indigo |
citation4 | http://www.chicagolandgrows.org/downloads/midnight_prairieblues.pdf |
citation5 |