Baptisia is a relative of mimosa and acacia

• Origin and description of the plant
• Growing baptisia
• Use in folk medicine

Origin and description of the plant

The plant is beautiful not only when it blooms, but also when the flowers fade; its grayish-green leaves attract with their beauty. Therefore, baptisia is widely used for landscaping and decoration. They are planted in flower beds or tapeworms, and various compositions with lower flowers are selected or along the fence to protect them from inquisitive eyes.

• Dying baptisia is not a large (width up to 30 cm) and not tall (height from 60 to 90 cm) bush. With numerous, beautiful clusters of flowers, yellow or cream in color, up to 2 cm in diameter. The shape of the leaves is ovoid.
• Southern baptisia - the height of the bush is from 90 cm to 150 cm, and its width is 90 cm. The flowers are purple, up to 4 cm in diameter. The tripartite, dense leaves have a blue-gray color. The seed pods are gray.
• Baptisia leucantha is considered the tallest plant, its height reaches up to 180 cm. The leaves with a shiny, bluish-green tint are shaped like an egg. The flowers are mostly white or purple, up to 3 cm in diameter.

Growing baptisia

1. The perennial blooms from June to August. The flowers are small and odorless during the day, but as night falls, some species develop a pleasant aroma (a mixture of orange and vanilla). The plant prefers sunny, dry places, but also grows quietly in slight shade.
2. The soil can be anything, but it is desirable that it be drained or slightly sandy and slightly acidic. It tolerates drought well, but with regular and moderate watering the plant will bloom better. Baptisia must be planted in a place protected from the wind. If this is not possible, then you definitely need to tie it up.
3. The plant has a well-developed root system. Feed perennial is not necessary, since nitrogen accumulates in its roots itself and, if necessary, the plant feeds and fertilizes itself. Baptisia is considered resistant to various diseases and pests. But if, during long damp and humid weather, powdery mildew appears on the leaves. They must be removed immediately.The plant tolerates any frost well and does not require shelter for the winter.
4. Propagated by dividing the bush (vegetatively) or by seeds. Seeds are planted before winter in open ground 3 cm deep. But you can sow seedlings in the house, and in the spring transplant them into the ground outside. Before sowing, the seeds must be rubbed with sandpaper so that the seeds become slightly rough. Dividing the bush itself perhaps in the spring or only after flowering - in the summer.

Use in folk medicine

For example: typhoid or typhus, diphtheria, erysipelas, scurvy, with malignant scarlet fever, with malignant disease of the larynx, with thrush, with cancer of various etiologies: oral cancer, stomach cancer, breast and uterine cancer, with various forms of stomatitis, with syphilitic or scrofulous inflammation of the eyes, as well as severe influenza.