The Perennial Plant Association has named the 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year Baptisia Australis. I absolutely love this plant...gorgeous blue blooms, beautiful foliage all year, no pests. So I have just one question... What took them so long?
Netty, those flowers are a lovely tint of purple. I can see those in a border somewhere. I wonder if the bees like those.
who cares as long as they did the growing before they shared it with us???what a gorgeous plant...i am sure both the butterflies and the bees are going to have a "field day" with this beauty...tonya :-D :-D
Very pretty! Our plant of the year 2010 is the Gentiana sino-ornata "Borge". I haven't got that one, so I'll have to look out for it.
wow.. how gorgeous to look at!!! i really love them! baptisia australis and well,also gentiana sino-ornata looks amazing! no wonder they are the 2010 Plant of the Year..
COOL... i love purples. and if it's a care-free perennial, i'm 100% for it. so i need to get it. think i saw it for sale at some nurseries, but could be wrong. SAME goes for the gentiana. i was always afraid to get it, and sometimes it was too expensive. lol... 2,5 GBP or let's say 3-4 USD is a lot for me... kidding. i am just not a spender! hehehe
I do this like this wonderful plant and its color.I wonder if it is hard to control or get out of hand.
It IS about time they chose this one! Baptisia is a great plant here in Nebraska. Such a beautiful blue color, and so tolerant of heat and other extreme conditions. I also love the seed pods left on the plants as winter interest.
Glenda ~ it does not get out of hand, but it does grow to be quite large so it does need a lot of room. The one in the last photo is almost 5 feet tall and almost as wide. Sjoerd ~ the bees LOVE it!
