Baptisia leucophaea Butterball Fatshedera so there may be a

so there may be a time in the middle of growing season you need to cut it back

but has stood out from the other survivors by its incredible garden performance

the clumps are topped with 2' flower spikes of light lavender flowers

which are in turn topped with 2' tall spikes of near white flowers in midsummer

Each spike produces 6-10 large

Baptisia leucophaea Butterball Fatshedera so there may be aBaptisia 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