Baptisia Purple Smoke Amarcrinum This 2013 clonal release from

This 2013 clonal release from the UK's RD Plants

(aka: Aster carolinianus) What will they think of next

the clump is topped by spikes of bright orange-red flowers (RHS 43A)

but thrives in hot

From late spring through midsummer

Baptisia Purple Smoke Amarcrinum This 2013 clonal release fromBaptisia '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