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