13+ Fine Beautiful Baptisia Australis Blue False Indigo

For 2010 this is Baptisia australis or blue false indigo.

Baptisia australis blue false indigo. Baptisia australis False Indigo. Tough and durable Baptisia australis False Indigo is an upright perennial with a long season of interest. Often when first planted Baptisia has only several stems and appears sparse.

The model of the native species with deep indigo-blue flowers on shrublike plants with attractive blue-green foliage. 47 rows False Indigo Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis is Native to Texas and other States. Uses by indigenous people included rattles from the ripened seed pods for children and blue dye.

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 North Carolina and TennesseeIt features purple lupine-like flowers in erect racemes to 12 atop flower spikes extending well above a foliage mound of clover-like. It is hardy to zone UK 5. It is in leaf from May to October in flower from July to August and the seeds ripen from August to September.

It forms a deep taproot and does not transplant well so be certain of its location before planting. When the flowers fade away the lovely blue-green trifoliate leaves remain neat and. This unique plant features bright blue-purple flowers on tall green stalks followed by interesting black seedpods.

Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs. Every year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a plant of the year.

After the first two seasons the blooms are increasingly showy as the plant matures. Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis is a large bush-like perennial with dense clusters of deep blue flowers on long upright spikesIn its first few years this long-lived plant develops mostly below ground. The plant is native to North America and with its deep blue blooms provides a perfect enhancement in the native perennial garden.