
Baptisia 'Grape Escape' - FALSE INDIGO 'GRAPE ESCAPE'
Baptisia cultivar with long dusky purple flower spikes and an upright wide vase shape.
Showy cream keels, deeper red-purple tones to the flowers.
Long-lived, floriferous and hardy perennial.
Blooming Time: May
Size: 42-48" tall x 22-28" wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: full sun to half shade (will tolerate light shade), adaptable to most soils (including acidic, poor soils or clay)
Moisture Needs: dry to average to (slightly) moist
Origin: developed by Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens. Unlicensed propagation prohibited - patented plant under PP36083
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: Best in sunny flower beds, cottage gardens, water-wise plantings, pollinator gardens, prairie-type plantings, naturalistic landscaping. Great combined with small shrubs, perennials and grasses. Baptisia is an adaptable and hardy plant that can be used in a wide range of environments - in drier beds (with drought tolerant plants), but also with moisture loving plants!
Best planted in the middle of the bed, or as a background plant in small bed and also as a solitaire plant. Good companions are majority of commonly available perennials like Agastache, Amsonia, Alchemilla, Anemone hupehensis, Aster, Coreopsis, Echinacea, Euphorbia, hardy, Geranium, Hemerocallis, Helianthus, Iris, Kalimeris, Leucanthemum, Monarda, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Penstemon, Perovskia, Phlox, Physostegia, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Stokesia, Tradescantia, Vernonia, Veronica, Veronicastrum, etc. and ornamental grasses.
Picture copyright: Walters Gardens

Baptisia 'Grape Escape' - FALSE INDIGO 'GRAPE ESCAPE'
Baptisia cultivar with long dusky purple flower spikes and an upright wide vase shape.
Showy cream keels, deeper red-purple tones to the flowers.
Long-lived, floriferous and hardy perennial.
Blooming Time: May
Size: 42-48" tall x 22-28" wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: full sun to half shade (will tolerate light shade), adaptable to most soils (including acidic, poor soils or clay)
Moisture Needs: dry to average to (slightly) moist
Origin: developed by Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens. Unlicensed propagation prohibited - patented plant under PP36083
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: Best in sunny flower beds, cottage gardens, water-wise plantings, pollinator gardens, prairie-type plantings, naturalistic landscaping. Great combined with small shrubs, perennials and grasses. Baptisia is an adaptable and hardy plant that can be used in a wide range of environments - in drier beds (with drought tolerant plants), but also with moisture loving plants!
Best planted in the middle of the bed, or as a background plant in small bed and also as a solitaire plant. Good companions are majority of commonly available perennials like Agastache, Amsonia, Alchemilla, Anemone hupehensis, Aster, Coreopsis, Echinacea, Euphorbia, hardy, Geranium, Hemerocallis, Helianthus, Iris, Kalimeris, Leucanthemum, Monarda, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Penstemon, Perovskia, Phlox, Physostegia, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Stokesia, Tradescantia, Vernonia, Veronica, Veronicastrum, etc. and ornamental grasses.
Picture copyright: Walters Gardens