Springtime feels like the “make or break” month with our perennials. Just when I’m about to give up on plant and declare it DOA, I see a new growth emerging! Just take this beautiful baptisia emerging from a fire ant mound at our semi-natural site the UT Arboretum! Yes, it does look like asparagus, and no we didn’t use a control agent against the ants. They vanished and allowed our beloved baptisia albescens to flourish. Baptisia albescens, Spiked Wild Indigo. Native perennial, gearing up to start it's second year! Here's great example of one of our plots, the "combination" family plot coming back strong! We have two plants from the aster, bean, and mint family represented here.
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