Baptisia 'Ivory Towers'
Baptisia 'Ivory Towers' has dramatic spires ivory white flowers from dusky purple buds on purple-black stems in mid to late spring.
Description:
Baptisia 'Ivory Towers' has dramatic spires of oversized, lupine-like, ivory white flowers from dusky purple buds on purple-black stems in mid to late spring followed by ornamental black seed pods. Baptisia are long-lived and will adapt to a wide range of soils from dry to marginal and salty but dislike being moved once established. Choose a place well and they will grow into a vase-shaped anchor plant, maturing to shrub size at 3' by 3'.
Common Name: False Indigo
Family: Fabaceae (The Legume Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
Stem Colour: Purple
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woods and alluvial thickets, often on river banks.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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