Baptisia minor Melissa Blue Trachystemon The band is often not

The band is often not seen in young plants

Dryopteris goldieana is one of the largest of the US native (Minnesota south to Alabama) evergreen wood ferns

but returns late the next summer when the heat builds

for the collector who wants something special

Each leaf is similar in appearance to H

Baptisia minor Melissa Blue Trachystemon The band is often not(syn: Baptisia australis var. minor A1T 002) If you have only grown Baptisia australis, then you've missed one of the best blue flowered members of the genus Baptisia. Baptisia minor is its little known cousin that's actually superior to Baptisia australis in garden value. Take a Baptisia australis and shrink the leaves and plant by about half, attach an 18 24" flower spike atop the clump, which is loaded with blue lavender flowers from mid April