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Every Baptisia variety, A to Z
The complete Baptisia list, the genus most gardeners know as false indigo — all 38 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Baptisia hub instead.
A1
- A1T-011 Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia leucophaea 'A1T-011'
B4
- Blue Bubbly False IndigoBaptisia australis 'Blue Bubbly'
- Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis
- Burgundy Blast False IndigoBaptisia 'Burgundy Blast'
- Butterball Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia leucophaea 'Butterball'
C3
- Carolina LupineBaptisia simplicifolia
- Cherries Jubilee False IndigoBaptisia x hybrida 'Cherries Jubilee'
- Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia leucophaea
D3
- Dwarf Blue False IndigoBaptisia minor 'Blue Pearls'
- Dwarf Blue IndigoBaptisia minor 'Blue Bonnet'
- Dwarf Wild IndigoBaptisia minor
F2
- False IndigoBaptisia x hybrida
- False IndigoBaptisia x variicolor
G1
- Grape Escape False IndigoBaptisia 'Grape Escape'
I1
- Indigo Spires False IndigoBaptisia 'Indigo Spires'
L5
- Lanceleaf Wild IndigoBaptisia lanceolata
- Lemon Meringue False IndigoBaptisia x hybrida 'Lemon Meringue'
- Lemon Meringue False IndigoBaptisia 'Lemon Meringue'
- Little Texas False IndigoBaptisia leucophaea 'Little Texas'
- Lunar Eclipse Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis 'Lunar Eclipse'
P6
- Perfoliate Wild IndigoBaptisia perfoliata
- Pink Lemonade False IndigoBaptisia australis 'Pink Lemonade'
- Pink Truffle BaptisiaBaptisia 'Pink Truffle'
- Pink Truffles BaptisiaBaptisia x hybrida 'Pink Truffles'
- Plum Rosy False IndigoBaptisia x hybrida 'Plum Rosy'
- Purple Smoke False IndigoBaptisia australis 'Purple Smoke'
R1
- Royal Purple Prairieblues False IndigoBaptisia 'Royal Purple'
S5
- Screamin' Yellow BaptisiaBaptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screamin' Yellow'
- Solar Flare False IndigoBaptisia 'Solar Flare'
- Sparkling Sapphires False IndigoBaptisia x hybrida 'Sparkling Sapphires'
- Starlite Prairieblues False IndigoBaptisia x hybrida 'Starlite'
- Survivor Perfoliate Wild IndigoBaptisia perfoliata 'Survivor'
V1
- Vanilla Cream False IndigoBaptisia 'Vanilla Cream'
W3
- White BaptisiaBaptisia alba 'macrophylla'
- White Wild IndigoBaptisia alba
- Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
Y1
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia sphaerocarpa
#1
- 'Blueberry Sundae' False IndigoBaptisia australis 'Blueberry Sundae'
Baptisia list questions
How many Baptisia varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 38 distinct Baptisia varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Baptisia varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Baptisia varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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