Super heavy flower production and early flowering.

Baptisia Prairieblues™ Mojito

So many greenish-yellow flowers that you can hardly see the stems. Mojito will be a statement anywhere you plant it.

Selected especially for its heavy flower production, the light lemon-green flowers contrast nicely with the deep lime-green foliage. ‘Mojito’ begins flowering in early to mid-May, somewhat ahead of most other false indigos (USDA Zone 5). It also blooms longer than most false indigos—upward of four weeks. The vase-shaped habit in spring gives way to a more rounded habit during the remainder of the growing season. ‘Mojito’ has strong stems that don’t lodge, and its attractive foliage is darker in color than most other false indigos. This complex hybrid was developed from Baptisia australis, B. bracteata, and B. sphaerocarpa.

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Who Am I?

Common Name

Mojito false indigo
Botanical Name

Baptisia 'Mojito' PP25987
Origin

The Prairieblues™ false indigos were developed by Jim Ault, Ph.D., at the Chicago Botanic Garden from crosses made between 1999 and 2004. The selections were developed from crossing Baptisia albescens (formerly B. alba), B. australis var. australis, B. australis var. minor, B. bracteata (formerly B. leucophaea), B. sphaerocarpa, and B. tinctoria in various c ombinations. All parent plants and selections were grown in-ground at the Chicago Botanic Garden (USDA Zone 5b) during the breeding and selection process.

Cultural Details

Bloom Time

Summer
Size

3.5' tall by 5' wide
Hardiness Zone

4-9
Light

Full sun
Soil

Moist, but well-drained, fairly adaptable to many soils
Moisture

Drought tolerant once established
Disease & Pests

False indigos exhibit good to excellent disease resistance. A seed weevil will predate the seed, but this does not detract from either plant health or display value. The genista broom moth caterpillar (Uresiphita reversalis) can seriously defoliate plants of Baptisia, but this tends to be more of a problem in warmer climes.
Landscape Use

Borders, foundations, mass plantings, matrix plantings, naturalized gardens, commercial plantings
Propagation

Softwood Cuttings, Tissue Culture