Plant Profile:Horsefly Weed (Baptisia tinctoria)
Karen Horsefly weed is a shrubby herbaceous perennial native to eastern US from Maine to Minnesota south to Georgia and Iowa where it grows in dry meadows, fields and open woodlands.…
Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Common Bird’s-Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
This herbaceous perennial is also known as eggs and bacon and bird’s-foot deer vetch and is native to grasslands of Eurasia and North Africa. It was introduced to the US…
Baptisias for the Garden
Baptisia, also called false indigo, is a long lived herbaceous perennial and a member of the legume family (Fabeaceae) that also includes mimosa, lupine, and black locust. There are about…