Hi
can anyone tell me why my plant looks like this? I haven't seen any flowers yet this year.
Thanks!

You missed the flowers. Those are seed pods.

Hi Jody -- those dark things are the seed pods from flowers; I think it flowered when you weren't looking!

LOL, cross posted with Daisy.

I wish that were the case but I check my plants everyday. That's why I was asking if something is wrong. They went from green pods straight to blueish black pods.

Well, the pods would have been green first... right after the flowers.

Ok forget it. No flowers at all but glad I made you all laugh.

Jody, I'm truly sorry if I managed to offend you...

but, the fact remains that there have to have been flowers to get the seed pods.

I learned from a horticulture website that the pods can be from a previous year and the plant has now failed to flower. Possibly due to the soil being too rich in nitrogen.

StanleySteamer said:I learned from a horticulture website that the pods can be from a previous year and the plant has now failed to flower. Possibly due to the soil being too rich in nitrogen.

Hmmm...
Dunno about your baptisia, but at my house, they send up fresh shoots in the spring... the bloom time is early, and unless you have an evergreen cultivar, those pods are from this season.

At my house, the dried pods from last year are on dead stems.

I have a couple plants in my gardens and they bloom in mid May and are finished by end of may
Too dark out to check to see if my pods have turned black yet .

The stem on your black pods are green , if left to overwinter the stems turn brown and brittle.

I do not think baptisia take any special care . I have 6 in the gardens I tend and do nothing special for them .

Good luck catching the blooms next year