Casual Native Indigo Plant
From seedlings to tube stock to hardy mature plants.
Native indigo plant. Several species of Baptisia can be found growing in the wild from the Midwest to the East Coast as far south as Texas and as far north as Ontario Canada. Where Should I Start. This plant is a legume and its roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules on them.
Growing to around 2 metres tall and wide it can take neglect and some frost and drought. 1-3 ft 3-6 ft. This plant is also on the Washington State quarantine list.
Blue false indigo in a prairie in summer. Fires soaking andor boiling are used to help germination of seed. It is useful on nutrient poor soils.
Some species particularly true indigo Indigofera tinctoria and Natal indigo I. Baptisia australis commonly called blue false indigo is an upright perennial which typically grows 3-4 tall and occurs in rich woods thickets and along streambanks from Pennsylvania south to. Indigo flowers form in May and June.
Other common names include blue wild indigo indigo weed rattleweed rattlebush and horse fly weed. Indigofera australis Australian Indigo A lovely ornamental shrub which is also a good plant for wildlife being a good nectar and food source for butterflies. Plants from Indigo Nursery are grown locally making them hardy and acclimatised to the surrounding area.
An experienced Australian native plant nursery. The common name false indigo however remained attached to Baptisia tinctoria. Yellow Wild-indigo Baptisia tinctoria a Wisconsin Special Concern plant is found in oak barrens.