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Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This prized garden plant with attractive gray-green foliage produces beautiful racemes of indigo blue flowers followed by blue-black seed pods (legumes). Although Baptisia is native to NoVA (except for Prince William County), it is rare in the Mid-Atlantic Region, confined mostly to the mountains and Piedmont.
How do you know that Baptisia seed pods are legumes and not follicles? They dehisce along two seams.
Learn more about Baptisia australis and about dehisce…