Baptisia Purple Smoke Scutellaria Bletilla striata is a hardy

Bletilla striata is a hardy and very easy-to-grow terrestrial orchid with upright

its size makes it a great textural background for other plant which emerge later

It spreads widely via underground rhizomes

overlaid on a green background

Baptisia Purple Smoke Scutellaria Bletilla striata is a hardyBaptisia 'Purple Smoke' is a 1996 introduction, selected by the late NC Botanical Garden curator Rob Gardner from seedlings at the garden. Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is a cross of the North American native Baptisia minor var. aberrans (not Baptisia australis as is often printed) and a wandering Baptisia alba obviously, some unsafe plant sex had taken place. The result is an extremely vigorous, deer resistant baptisia with charcoal green stems (when