This native cultivar was selected for its small compact rounded form, early flowering, and unusual light blue to light lavender flower spikes.
- Botanical name: Baptisia australis ‘Pixie Periwinkle’
- Native cultivar selected for its small compact rounded form, early flowering, and unusual light blue to light lavender flower spikes. A selection of Baptisia australis discovered and introduced by David Leiderman of Hoffie Nursery and GET Group Inc. in 2009.
- Anticipated pollinators: clouded sulfur butterfly, eastern-tailed blue butterfly, orange sulfur butterfly
- Other virtues: dramatic flower spikes, gray-green foliage, spikes of large seed pods through the winter.
- Acquired on 9/24/2021 from Big Bloomers
- Location: dry stream bed
- Blooms: April
- Cultivation notes: Baptisia plants have taproots, so they are difficult to move. They perform best with full or mostly sun.
- Information sources:
- NCSU, Almost Eden
