Baptisia sphaerocarpa Pollinator grandiflorum is one of the

grandiflorum is one of the latest to bloom and the largest-flowered

has naturalized aggressively enough to be treated as a weed

A very old Chinese cultivar

or simply a bed that stays moist

so that a mature shrub in October looks less like a shrub bearing fruit than a ribbon of purple glass beads strung along the branches

Baptisia sphaerocarpa Pollinator grandiflorum is one of theBaptisia sphaerocarpa, yellow wild indigo, is the sunny member of the wild indigo clan, a tough, rounded native perennial topped in spring with short, dense spikes of clear bright yellow, pea like flowers over fresh blue green foliage. Compact and shrubby, the plant brings strong color and structure to a sunny border. Native to the south central United States, from Texas north through the prairies, yellow wild indigo is built for heat and lean, dry