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Baptisia bracteata
Cream Wild Indigo
Most photos by Ann Grandy and Sally J.A.Finzel, unless otherwise noted to the left. Please ask for permission before using images.

Please Note: These 6-packs may be limited in quantity.

Soil:
Mesic (Medium)to Xeric) Dry
Sun: Full to Part
Height: 1.5'-2.5'
Color: Cream
Bloom: May-June
Flowers: The flowers are typical of the pea family.
Leaves: The leaves are alternate, then divide into 3 oblong leaflets on each petiole or leaf stem.

 Suggested Uses:

Similar to the White Wild Indigo, this beautiful plant has creamy white flowers an umbrella-like stature and does well in dry  sandy and gravelly soils! Stunning!

 Interesting Facts:

Medicinal Uses: Once used to treat cuts and fevers. An ointment from pulverized seeds and buffalo fat was used to treat colic.
Food Uses:
Other Uses:
More Information:
Name: The Greek word baptizein means "to dye".

Option Price Quantity
3 1/2-inch pots $4.95
6-pack $6.95
5 3/4-inch pots $8.95
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Morning Sky Greenery is a Minnesota Native Plant Nursery, growing native plants for shoreline restoration, raingardens and infiltration basins, and backyard butterfly, birdwatcher and pollinator gardens. We carry many native plants of North America, specifically midwest varieties. We have the expertise and the plants available to make any size native landscape or garden project a success!

MN Native Wildflowers and Grasses • Native Prairie Plants • Native Plants of North America &bull Shoreline Restoration &bull Native Raingardens