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  • BAPTISIA 'Dutch Chocolate'
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    BAPTISIA 'Dutch Chocolate'

    Commonly known as False indigo

    Chocolate-purple flowers with a small yellow flash on strong stems. Compact habit
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    2 Litre   - Click to view photo - Early in the year, typically January til end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch
    Delivery Information
    Available again FEB 2025
    £15.00 each 
    Available again FEB 2025 - fresh stock in late winter
     
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    • Good to know
      Wildlife plant - insects. Baptisia develops a long taproot so is best left undisturbed. Seed pods provide an attractive feature
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs, snails on new growth
    • Place of origin
      Eastern USA. Garden origin. USA. 2011. Hans Hansen, Michigan
    • Deciduous
    • Purple
      Shades of purple/mauve/lilac/violet
      Chocolate purple
    • Racemes
      Flowers to 3cm (1¼in) long in many-flowered racemes
    • Border
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      90cm (36in)
    • Spread
      60cm (24in)
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
      Compact plant with blue-green leaves each consisting of 3 ovate leaflets to 4cm (1½in) in long. Flowers are followed by decorative seed pods
    • Very hardy
      Hardy in the severest continental climates including exposed upland locations in the UK. Plant can withstand temperatures < -20 (-4°F)
    • Autumn Seasonal Interest
    • Spring Seasonal Interest
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    • Winter Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • Bee friendly
    • Butterfly friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      90cm (36in)
      Herbaceous - guide for size not form Watering Can
        60cm (24in)
       
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