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Wild Blue Indigo Seeds (Baptisia australis)

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This is a treasured North American native wildflower with a confusing name. Wild Indigo, a closely related species, has yellow flowers, but the stems yielded a pale blue dye, thus the name. This one actually has blue flowers, but none of the group has ever been very successful in coloring, the name notwithstanding. Today, this beautiful wildflower, though quite common in many areas, is rare in others. It is "threatened" which means quite rare, in Maryland and Indiana, and actually officially listed as "endangered" in Ohio. It's a great plant for the wildflower collector.
No Seeds in packet: 15-20

Botanical Name: Baptisia australis

Common Name: Wild Blue Indigo

Type: Perennial. Returns each spring from same roots, forming expanding clump. Blooms second spring from seed.

Color: Vivid Blue

Height: 3-5' tall

Bloom Time: Early to mid season

Flower: Spikes of pea-like flowers are vivid blue on handsome clover-leaved plants.

Sun/Shade: Full sun

Soil Preferences: Wild Blue Indigo is a tough plant, native to hot open areas, and often very successful on even poor soils.

Where To Grow It: All regions of North America. (Our seeds were produced from hand-gathered stock in New York state.)

How To Grow It: Wildflower expert, Viki Ferreniea says it "thrives on neglect" which tells you to get this beautiful plant established, and then let it sprawl and spread on its own. Once you have a clump, it will reward you with brilliant blue flowers each season, and then after bloom, handsome foliage right up until frost.

Indigenous To: Pennsylvania south to GA, then west to TX and NE


	Wild Blue Indigo Seeds (Baptisia australis)

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