Baptisia leucophaea Butterball Ionactis The rarely-offered NC native Gentiana

The rarely-offered NC native Gentiana catesbyi grows to only 12" tall with short

Each clump can get quite large

rounded leaves are accentuated by dark blue edges

Our plant was shared by the late plantsman Alan Galloway from his Thailand travels

perhaps every 3 to 5 years

Baptisia leucophaea Butterball Ionactis The rarely-offered NC native GentianaBaptisia leucophaea 'Butterball' is our 2008 Plant Delights JLBG introduction, selected from 1000s of seedlings from our original Texas collection. The early emerging Baptisia 'Butterball', which sprouts in March (NC), forms a compact 18" tall x 2' wide deer resistant clump of glaucous foliage, adorned with obscenely large and floriferous pendulous spikes of creamy yellow flowers starting in early April (in NC). Despite being the most asked about