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Baptisia alba |
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Common name |
white false indigo |
Family |
fabaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial |
Flowers |
white |
Light |
sun |
Seed ripens | late August |
We grew our three plants from seed in 2003. For years, they would dutifully sprout a leafy stalk, but show no intention of blooming. They are late to emerge (later, for example, than the other white one we grow, B. alba var. alba). One year, I thought I had lost them altogether, when I could not find them by mid-May. It figures that that would be the year they finally bloomed! Once they do emerge, they waste no time unfurling their leaves and zooming up on sparse stalks. They were showing some flowers by the second week of June, and hit peak bloom a week later. Overall, a much more open plant than other baptisias in our garden. I'm glad I was patient with them!
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| Nice bud cluster |
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| The first beginnings of seedpods |
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| Developing seedpods in late July. |
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| They turn black when they ripen by late August. |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: left fence border Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Baptisia alba
- Seed from '08 garden. Sandpapered, soaked 1d (no swelling occurred). Baggy 75F (14%G, 12d) - sandpapered again - baggy 75F (71%G, 6-30d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Sandpapered, baggy 75F (10w; 15%G, 5-8w)
- Seed from '10 garden. Sandpapered, baggy 75F (5%G, 10w) - 80F (73%G, 1-2w)
- Seed from '11 garden. Sandpapered, baggy 75F (62%G, 8-10d)
- Seed from '11 garden. Sandpapered, baggy 75F (42%G, 6-45d). Most of the seeds not germinated had not been sufficiently scarified to swell
- Seed from '14 garden. Sandpapered, baggy 75F (6%G, 7-23d)
Typical baptisia behavior - thorough scarification is necessary; ultimately, a high percentage germination can be attained at temperatures a bit above room temperature. Not sure why the 2009 lot was more problematic, though.
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