Re: Baptisa

I have had B. australis for a few years now, and I agree with you about its hardiness. It's really a reliable plant. Actually the only plants wilting in the sun are the 'Touch-Me-Nots" (Impatiens balsamina). I have lots of really hardy flowers this time of the year, e.g. Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Phlox, hollyhocks, Jalapa mirabilis, Celosia, and several kinds of salvia: 'Black & Blue,' guaranitica, rutilans, greggii and ugilinosa (Bog Sage). I have hardly watered any of them, and they are all going strong.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:36 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Baptisa


Watching some of the perennials out here stand up to the heat and humidity, the drought we had earlier. One of the outstanding perennials I have here is Baptisa. Both australis, the false blue, and B.pendula, the white blooming behave as though nothing out of the usual is going on. They are quite large plants and require mostly sun, but I like them enough to see that my wife has them in her gardens. They are also slow to bulk up to a good show.
Is anyone growing these or any of the other species? How about some of the newer cultivars such as Purple Smoke or or Caroliana Moonlight???
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
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