If someone asked me to design my idea of the “perfect” perennial, it would come pretty darned close to being this year’s selection for Perennial of the Year. Gorgeous purple-blue flowers, widely ...

Not all native plants are unruly and wild-looking. Some are neat and tidy and fit well into a conventional perennial garden. False indigo, Baptisia sp., is one example of how a wild plant can be used ...

I had planted one Baptisia Aurealis (Blue False Indigo) in April last year, and I already had one that had returned and bloomed from the previous year. However instead of staying green they ended up ...