Light Requirements: full sun/part shade
Soil Moisture: Dry/Medium
Bloom Color: Indigo Blue
Bloom Time: May-June
Height: 3-4 ft.
Deer Resistant? No
Black Walnut tolerant?
USDA zones: 3-9
Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis )
PriceFrom $5.00
** I’m a NA native, but technically not native to NY. I should be used in your garden and not in wild areas.
I'm bushy enough to use as a shrub border
I have beautiful Lupine-like blooms.
My showy brown seedpods when dry make a sound when shaken and were once used by children as rattles.
Dried seed pods on the stems make nice additions to flower arrangements.