Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue' summer painterly mood

painterly mood

and avoid burying the crown too deeply

Paeonia 'The Fawn' offers beauty with reassuring garden performance too

or have a dedicated cut flower patch

Hydrangea 'Little Rosy' is proof that romance in the garden doesn’t have to come with sprawling borders or towering shrubs

Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue' summer painterly moodBaptisia 'Lemon Meringue' is a beautifully composed false indigo, bringing a refined play of colour and structure to the sunny border. Upright, dark stems rise with quiet confidence from neat clumps of blue green foliage, each leaf held in those pleasing sets of three that make Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue' look tidy even before the flowers appear. In late spring to early summer, deep purple buds gather like ink drops before opening into soft yellow