Purple Smoke Baptisia is an upright perennialnative with clover-like grey-green foliage on charcoal stems. The slightly arching raceme sporting smokey lavender flowers extend well above the foliage inmid-spring. The blooms give way to large seedpods that blacken when ripe, providing ornamental interest. ‘Purple Smoke’ is a tough, drought-tolerant plant that grows best with dry to average well-drained acidic soils.. Its abundant flowers are excellentpollinationandbutterfly attractors.
