Baptisia ‘Lemon Meringue’

Description

Baptisia ‘Lemon Meringue’

(Decadence Series) This variety has come out of a new breeding program in the USA, combining the best characteristics of the various Baptisia species. This is vigorous cultivar which will eventually form a 90cm compact vase of foliage. It has charcoal grey stems with blue-green foliage. The flowers come in lupin-like spires in early Summer and are cool lemon yellow. Like all Baptisia it is best in full sun, tolerating low nutrient soils and drought. They can take a year or two to really settle in and show their full potential, but once established they are long lived and get better and better each year.

Baptisia come from the North America and the Latin name comes from the Greek for dye as many species yield an indigo-like dye.