Baptisias are starting to bloom in Tennessee

'Carolina Moonlight',

Another shot of 'Carolina Moonlight' in bloom, courtesy Sunlight Gardens, used with permission.

Cville,
I've been wanting to pick that one up to go along with my 'Purple Smoke'. Here is a pic of mine this year after I moved it, it was getting way to big where I had it for the last three years.

'Purple Smoke' is a handsome one, Mike. Thanks for the photo. Now I will have to add that one ... along with B. sphaerocarpa. I do like the baptisias. I also have B. 'Midnight' and B. 'Twilite Prairieblues' but they aren't blooming yet. I have 'alba' and 'australis' as well. The baptisias can definitely need a lot of space.

Gorgeous!

Carole, is this the plant that produced the seeds you sent? :D

Oops, I somehow lost track of this. I think so, Amanda. But was it the yellow baptisia seeds I sent? I can't remember. This is it now.

She's lovely. :)

Love that one.

Thanks. Things have exploded this year. The baptisias and especially the milkweeds among them. A. syriacus is preparing to bloom big time. I have lots of it this year. Right now there are seeds wafting through the air everywhere. Ragwort probably. We have lots of things in the woods behind us.

Mike, I meant to add that I had to prune my 'Forest Pansy' redbud a bit and stuck a few of the cuttings into a pot to root. If they do well, would you like a couple of them?

OK, Mike. I'll keep you posted.