Baptisia australis FALSE INDIGO Zones 3 to 9. Low maintenance plant has an upright, spreading habit reaching a height of 3 to 5 feet and width of 6 feet. Native to the eastern U.S., it produces thick stems with gray-green, ovate leaves and racemes of indigo-blue lupinelike, 1 inch flowers. Attractive, 1 to 2 inch dark-brown seed pods are produced in the fall. The plant can be used in borders and is well suited as a specimen plant, in cottage gardens and in prairie and native gardens. 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Shipped bare root.
Price: $8.00
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