Baptisia 'Vanilla Cream' - FALSE INDIGO 'VANILLA CREAM'
False Indigo hybrid with vanilla cream flowers arranged in 10" long inflorescences. Pastel yellow buds, bronze emerging leaves turn gray-green later on.
Compact, dense, well branched medium-sized clumps, ornamental seedpods till early fall.
Like any other baptisia, this is trouble free plant, with no pests and diseases.
Blooming Time: May
Size: 2.5-3' tall x 3-3.5' wide (= medium-sized to slightly smaller baptisia)
USDA Zones: 4 to 8
Culture: full sun, half shade (will tolerate light shade), adaptable to most of the soils (including acidic, poor soils or clay)
Moisture Needs: dry to average to (slightly) moist, adaptable
Origin: patented in 2015, developed by Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens. Selected from Baptisia cinera seedlings. PROVEN WINNERS plan. Part of the DECANDENCE® Series. Unlicensed propagation prohibited - patented plant under PP25663 CPBR5564.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: round Proven Winner pot (round quart) 4.25" diameter, 5" deep
Plant Combinations: Best in sunny flower beds, modern plantings (public and private), cottage gardens, water-wise plantings, pollinator gardens, prairie-type of plantings, naturalistic landscaping, combined with small shrubs , perennials and grasses. Baptisia is adaptable and tough plant that can be used in wider range - in the drier beds (with drought tolerant plants), but also with moisture loving plants!
Best in the middle of the bed, as a background plant in small bed and also as 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 'Vanilla Cream' - FALSE INDIGO 'VANILLA CREAM'
False Indigo hybrid with vanilla cream flowers arranged in 10" long inflorescences. Pastel yellow buds, bronze emerging leaves turn gray-green later on.
Compact, dense, well branched medium-sized clumps, ornamental seedpods till early fall.
Like any other baptisia, this is trouble free plant, with no pests and diseases.
Blooming Time: May
Size: 2.5-3' tall x 3-3.5' wide (= medium-sized to slightly smaller baptisia)
USDA Zones: 4 to 8
Culture: full sun, half shade (will tolerate light shade), adaptable to most of the soils (including acidic, poor soils or clay)
Moisture Needs: dry to average to (slightly) moist, adaptable
Origin: patented in 2015, developed by Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens. Selected from Baptisia cinera seedlings. PROVEN WINNERS plan. Part of the DECANDENCE® Series. Unlicensed propagation prohibited - patented plant under PP25663 CPBR5564.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: round Proven Winner pot (round quart) 4.25" diameter, 5" deep
Plant Combinations: Best in sunny flower beds, modern plantings (public and private), cottage gardens, water-wise plantings, pollinator gardens, prairie-type of plantings, naturalistic landscaping, combined with small shrubs , perennials and grasses. Baptisia is adaptable and tough plant that can be used in wider range - in the drier beds (with drought tolerant plants), but also with moisture loving plants!
Best in the middle of the bed, as a background plant in small bed and also as 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