Baptisia Cinnamon Candles Sedum 5' tall x 7' wide

5' tall x 7' wide mound in our garden

found growing on sandstone outcrops at 6000' elevation in Southern Utah

The leaves are a lovely green with dark purple streaks

although its native haunts are moist valleys in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Turkey)

and continuing for months

Baptisia Cinnamon Candles Sedum 5' tall x 7' wideBaptisia 'Cinnamon Candles' is a 2018 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a 2007 seedling that includes genes from Baptisia sphaerocarpa, Baptisia minor, and Baptisia alba. Baptisia 'Cinnamon Candles' starts flowering for us in mid April, when the 50" tall spikes of bicolor chocolate and gold flowers emerge above the foliage. Our breeding focus has been on spikes that rise well above the foliage, and in our trials, the spikes top the foliage by 2'. We