As gardeners, we’re often on the lookout for low-maintenance plants with colorful flower displays. One such plant that is ...

Baptisia australis, commonly called blue false indigo, is an underused perennial in Midwestern gardens. It is low maintenance, drought tolerant, deer resistant, adaptable and easy to grow.

If you're looking for a fantastic, old-fashioned perennial that is beautiful and tough, Baptisia, commonly called false indigo, may be the plant for you. I planted a clump in my garden about five ...

Gardeners on the lookout for low-maintenance, disease-resistant, deer-resistant plants with beautiful flowers, consider Baptisia, known as wild indigo.

In the case of blue false indigo ( Baptisia australis) , the win is Perennial Plant of the Year. As has been the case since the program began in 1991, the award-winner has everything going for it.

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 ...

Answer: Baptisia, false indigo, is an easy to grow, low-maintenance, long-lived perennial that is hardy to zone 3. At maturity a Baptisia gets about 3-4 feet in height and width, but it can take a ...

Who knew that false indigo (Baptisia) and alfalfa had a common enemy? Not me, that is until recently when I had an encounter with Epicautafabricii, more commonly known as the ash-gray blister beetle.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — After all my blue false indigo was killed by a late frost, I went down ...