Baptisia

Sparkling Sapphires

Deciduous
Planted: Unknown
Sourced: Fermoys
Flowers From April to July.

The optimum time for cutting back Baptisia and most other perennials is in late winter. This is because the old stems and foliage act as protection for the plant, making a canopy over the tender root zone. Gardeners who hate to look at spent plants in their garden can certainly trim the plant back in fall when all the leaves have dropped. This will indicate that the plant has entered dormancy and it will not suffer from having most of its stems removed. In cooler climates, pile the leaves around the stems and let the plant persist until spring. The leaves caught in the stems will serve as a blanket for the roots. Prune away the old growth from late winter to spring. You can also choose to do nothing, but the old growth will detract from the new leaves and stems to some degree. Blooms in late spring to early summer,

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