I was lured out into the cold, sunny garden early this morning by Baptisia australis, selected as the 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year™ by the Perennial Plant Association.
Baptisia australis 'Purple Smoke' has been a nice anchor at the end of the perennial border between me and my neighbor for many years.
For awhile, I had some other plants growing around it that I thought were keeping it
