Small Yellow Wild Indigo - Baptisia tinctoria

Phonetic: bap-TEE-zee-uh tink-TOR-ee-ah

Small Yellow Wild Indigo is a shrubby perennial, and generally wider than it is tall. It features numerous bright yellow pea-like flowers, arising on stems that extend just above a mound of clover-like foliage. The mounded foliage is loosely compact, and the overall texture provides a distinct compliment to a variety of other plants. After blooming the flowers give way to small, inflated seed pods which turn black when ripe, offering good late season interest. Mature plants have a deep, extensive root systems and should not be disturbed once established.

• Hardiness Zone:  3-9
• Native Region: BONAP Map
• BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key
• Sun Exposure:  Full, Partial
• Flower Color:  Yellow
• Bloom Time:  June, July, August
• Soil Type:  Medium - Dry
• Mature Plant Size:  2-3'H, 2-3'W
• Plant Spacing:  2-3'
• Host Plant:  Frosted Elfin, Orange Butterfly, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Clouded Sulphur Butterfly, Moths and Skippers
• Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies
• Advantages:  Deer resistant, drought and poor soil tolerant, long lived
• Landscape Uses:  Butterfly garden, cottage gardens, mass planting, perennial borders
• Companion Plants:  Black Eyed Susan, Butterfly Weed, Coneflower, Showy Goldenrod
• Deer Resistant