| Description | Decadence Cherries Jubilee false Indigo (Baptisia) is part of the Decadence series of Baptisia. Becomes a busy mounding plant with bicolor maroon and yellow, pea-like flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (bap-TIS-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | best in full to mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, drought tolerant once established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | maroon buds open to bicolor maroon and yellow, pea-like borne on an inflorescence called a raceme |
| Fruit | legume seed pods, turn black in the fall, rattle in the wind |
| Leaves | blue-green |
| Roots | deep rooted, small nodules on the roots house beneficial bacteria, they turn atmospheric nitrogen into a usable from for the plants |
| Dimensions | 36 by 36 inches (HS) or larger, bushy, upright spreading mound |
| Propagation | division, will not come true from seeds |
| Native Site | Species plants native to Eastern United States. |
| Cultivar Origin | 2011, Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens, Michigan USA |
| Misc Facts | The genus name comes from the Greek word "bapto" which means "to dye" because some of the darker flowered species were used as dyes. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), Walters Gardens web site |
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