Person digs soil for spring planting in the garden, close-up of a foot and a shovel - Olezzo/Getty Images Spring is often a gardener's time to reap the fruits of the previous seasons' labor. The days ...

The Perennial Plant Association has selected Blue False Indigo (Babtisia australis) as their Perennial Plant of the Year. This is a hardy perennial and grows 3-4 feet tall with an upright habit.

Not all native plants are unruly and wild-looking. Some are neat and tidy and fit well into a conventional perennial garden. False indigo, Baptisia sp., is one example of how a wild plant can be used ...

Solar Flare false indigo (Baptisia ‘Solar Flare’) is a lovely late-spring-blooming perennial. The blue-green foliage is rubbery in texture, with three leaflets known as trifoliate. In May, 12- to ...

Native plants have shown increasing popularity in recent years. Since native plants are well adapted to the local climate, they tend to be great low-maintenance choices for the garden. The Perennial ...

A heartwarming moment in a blooming backyard is capturing attention online and from local pollinators. In a post to the r/NativePlantGardening subreddit, one Reddit user shared a 30-second clip of ...

Put the words "low-maintenance" and "beauty" together in a sentence about a plant, and you know it's a winner. In the case of blue false indigo ( Baptisia australis) , the win is Perennial Plant of ...