Have you ever bought a packet of special seeds, maybe something a little unusual or more expensive than you’d normally buy, only to plant them and find that not one seed germinated? Some seeds, especially those of prairie plants, woody perennials and trees and shrubs, need help in breaking dormancy before they germinate. This [Continue]
The Perennial Plant Association has chosen blue false indigo, Baptisia australis, as its 2010 perennial plant of the year. Other common names for the plant are wild indigo, baptisia, indigo weed, rattleweed and rattlebrush. The Perennial Plant Association describes the plant as follows: “Newly emerging shoots produce violet-blue, lupine-like flowers in erect 10- [Continue]