Baptisia alba (leucantha)
White Wild Indigo
This shrubby-looking plant re-emerges each spring from fat shoots that resemble asparagus. Long spikes of creamy white flowers bloom on individual stalks held above yellow-green leaves in late spring. Flowers are followed by interesting blue-black pods about 2" long that can be used in dried arrangements.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8
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Good Companions
Butterfly Milkweed
(Asclepias tuberosa),
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata),
Purple Prairie Clover
(Dalea purpurea),
Meadow Phlox
(Phlox maculata),
Sideoats Grama
(Bouteloua curtipendula),
Switch Grass
(Panicum virgatum),
Prairie Dropseed
(Sporobolus heterolepis)
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