Family: Papilionaceae
Scientific Name: Baptisia x Decadence Lemon Meringue
Common Name: Lemon Meringue Baptisia
Description | A member of the Decadence series of Baptisa with yellow flowers. |
Pronunciation | (bap-TIS-ee-uh) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, drought tolerant once established |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | lemon colored, borne on raceme |
Fruit | legume seed pods, turn black in the fall, rattle in the wind |
Stems | dark charcoal color |
Roots | eep rooted, small nodules on the roots house beneficial bacteria, they turn atmospheric
nitrogen into a usable from for the plants |
Dimensions | 3 feet tall, upright vase shaped |
Native Site | Species plants native to Eastern United States. |
Cultivar Origin | 2011, Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens, Michigan USA |
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