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Baptisia Lemon Meringue is a massive, highly structural prairie native that functions as a permanent, shrub-like anchor in the garden. It erupts into towering spikes of bright lemon-yellow, pea-like flowers that sit beautifully above a highly disciplined mound of glaucous blue-green foliage. The tightly closed blooms are biologically designed exclusively for heavy bumblebees, and the resulting blackened seed pods provide fantastic architectural interest straight through the winter.

As this plant builds an indestructible, deep underground taproot, you must choose its permanent home carefully, as it fiercely resents being dug up or moved later. Settle it into deep, slightly acidic to neutral loam in full sun, and give it a wide berth to expand. Once established, it is exceptionally drought-tolerant, requires absolutely no staking or dividing, and only needs its dead stems chopped to the soil line before new growth emerges.

Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.