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Baptisia Twilite

I was the first bi-color baptisia on the market!

Twilite is a long-lived easily grown bicolor baptisia, selected from a controlled cross by Dr. Jim Ault. Twilite is unusually quick to mature for a baptisia; three-year-old plants produce upward of 100 flowering racemes. Blooms are long lasting, beginning in late May and continuing through the first weeks of June. The blue-green, trifoliate foliage stays spotless all season. Twilite needs ample space to stretch in the garden, as the plant can reach 5' tall x 4' to 5' wide. An extremely robust and vigorous selection, Twilite features lupine-like flowers in a smokey violet

Who Am I?

  • Common Name:
    Twilite false indigo
  • Botanical Name:
    Baptisia 'Twilite' PP19011
  • Type:
    Perennial
  • U.S. Native:
    YES

Cultural Details

TYPE

Perennial

U.S. NATIVE

YES
  • Light:
    Full sun
  • Soil:
    Moist, but well-drained, fairly adaptable to many soils
  • Moisture:
    Drought tolerant once established
  • Hardiness Zone
    4-9
  • Bloom Time:
    Summer
  • Bloom Color:
    Pale yellow and marooon
  • Fruit Time
    Fall
  • Fruit Color
    Gray
  • Size:
    5' tall by 5' wide
  • Diseases & 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.

What Makes Me Special?

The first bi-color in a stunning combination of creamy yellow and maroon.

Landscape Use

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

Origin

Twilite is a selection from a controlled cross of Baptisia (australis x sphaerocarpa) made by Dr. Jim Ault of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Propagation

Softwood Cuttings
Tissue Culture

Who Am I?

  • Common Name:
    Twilite false indigo
  • Botanical Name:
    Baptisia 'Twilite' PP19011
  • Type:
    Perennial
  • U.S. Native:
    YES

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