Decadence Cherries Jubilee Baptisia
Baptisia ‘Cherries Jubilee’ PP23907
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Herbaceous Perennial
Height at Maturity:Â 2.5-3′
Width at Maturity:Â 3′
Spacing:Â 30″ for mass plantings; 5’+ for space between plants
Spacing:Â 30″ for mass plantings; 5’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form:Â Upright
Growth Rate:Â Moderate
Flower Color:Â Â Yellow and Red Shades
Flower Size:Â .5 to 1″Â
Flowering Period:Â Late Spring to Early Summer
Flower Type:Â Pea-like
Fragrant Flowers:Â –
Foliage Color:Â Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â –
Berries:Â Â Attractive seed pods
Berry Color:Â Brown
Sun Needs:Â Full Sun to Part Shade, 4 hours of sunlight or more per day
Water Needs:Â Â Average, Low when established
Soil Type:Â Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy, Silt (amended)Â
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Â Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH:Â 6.0 – 7.0 (Slightly Acid to Neutral)
Maintenance / Care:Â Low
Attracts:Â Visual Attention, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
Resistances:Â Deer, Disease, Drought, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Poor Soil, Rabbit
Description
An unusually beautiful and unique flower color as well as densely branched foliage, and a very long-lived perennial that anyone can grow, ‘Cherries Jubilee’ is a fine selection in the superior Decadence Baptisia Series. From late spring to early summer, deep maroon buds open to bicolor maroon and yellow pea-like flowers that are held on strong scapes above the attractive blue-green foliage. Secondary branching on the flower stems makes this variety especially floriferous. Relatively short for a Baptisia (2.5 to 3′), the well-branched stems form a bushy, upright spreading mound making it a good candidate for the middle of the perennial flower border. After the flowers come ornamental seed pods that extend the season of interest into fall. Kids will love to shake and rattle the seed pods!
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The roots of the DECADENCE® series run deep. What started as a fun botanizing trip in the lower Midwest with a fellow horticulturist blossomed into a complex hybridizing project for breeder Hans Hansen. Hans has made countless crosses with the many native Baptisia species he has collected across Texas and Oklahoma. These crosses have resulted in an array of seedlings with unique flower colors and plant habits. Only the very best have made it into the new DECADENCE® Series, which includes varieties selected for their desirable flower colors and shorter, more compact habit.
Landscape / Garden Uses
Growing 2 to 3 feet tall and equally as wide, Cherries Jubilee Baptisia is ideal for use an accent or grouping in perennial and meadow gardens and even landscape borders. Its upright growth habit serves well as a centerpiece or vertical accent in larger container gardens. A fine addition to butterfly gardens, pollinator gardens, meadow gardens, cottage gardens and low water needs gardens.
Growing Preferences
Cherries Jubilee Baptisia is very easy to grow in a moist to dry well-drained soil and full sun to part shade. We suggest at least 4 hours or more of sunlight for best flowering. Tolerates poor and dry soils when established. A constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot. Plants can be cut back near the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.
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This beauty arrived covered in buds that are now blooming! I am very pleased with my purchase.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG





















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