'Carolina Moonlight' is a hybrid false indigo in the bean family (Fabaceae). It was found as a random seedling at the NC Botanical Garden and introduced in 2002. Parentage is B. sphaerocarpa x B.alba. This easy-to-grow plant has a long tap root so choose your location carefully as it will not transplant well. Grow in average well-drained acidic soil in full sun to partial shade but does best in full sun. This plant tolerates poor soils and drought once established. It may take 2-3 years to mature and start blooming. It will grow 3-4 feet tall with a similar spread. 'Carolina Moonlight' has blue-green foliage that stays attractive all year. The showy yellow spring flowers are held well above the foliage in clusters on 18-inch stems. Use 'Carolina Moonlight' in the border, as a specimen, in small groups or in naturalized settings. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. Moths will eat the foliage.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Fills a similar nicheBaptisia 'Purple Smoke'Baptisia tinctoriaEuphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii