Chocolate Chip wild indigo
Baptisia 'Chocolate Chip'
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 2.5 feet tall2 to 2.5 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Chocolate brown with yellow petals
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
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Notes
'Chocolate Chip' wild indigo (Baptisia 'Chocolate Chip') is a perennial for borders and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Bees visit the chocolate brown and yellow flowers. It is drought tolerant once settled in. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Ironweed, Hyssop, and Autumn Beauty sunflower.