Blue False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Pronunciation: bap-TIS-ee-uh aw-STRAL-iss
SKU #00219
| Description | Short spikes of indigo-blue, pea-like flowers cover dense, blue green foliage. This showy, long-lived, bushy perennial is excellent for massing or at the back of the border. Attractive seed pods in early summer follow the flowers. Great cut flower. |
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| Light | Full sun, Partial sun |
| Watering | Drought tolerant once established |
| Blooms | Late spring to early summer |
| Mature Size | Moderate grower to 4 ft. tall and wide. |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Herbaceous |
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| Special Features | Attracts Butterflies, North American Native Selection, Waterwise |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Border |
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| Design Ideas | A big bushy plant to flesh out sparse border with rich blue flowers. Combines well with most American native species and blends well with grasses for meadow gardens. Grow as a cut flower. Particularly good massed for a large sea of delicious cool blue. |
| Flower Color | Blue |
| Foliage Color | Blue-green |
| Companion Plants | Forsythia (Forsythia); Bee Balm (Monarda); Lilac (Syringa); Eastern Snowball, (Viburnum); Salvia (Salvia) |
| Care | Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Prune old flower heads to encourage more blossoms. |
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| Lore | Native Americans used this as a dye plant for blue coloring even though it was vastly inferior to the indigo of the tropics and trade. |
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This Plant's Growing Zones: 3-9
Your USDA Cold Hardiness Zone: 6
Good to grow!
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City Grange - Lincoln Square
Chicago, Illinois 60640 -
Gethsemane Garden Center 5739 N. Clark St.
Chicago, Illinois 60660
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