Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

  • Upright, shrub like growth habit with small blue-purple pea- like flowers in May-July
  • Natural habitat: dry to moist open woods, river banks and sandy floodplains
  • Special value to bumble bees and other native bees
  • 2010 PPA PERENNIAL PLANT OF THE YEAR


Height: 36-48 in
Zone: 3-8
Color: Blue- Purple

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Characteristics & Attributes

Attracts Wildlife:

» Attracts Butterflies
» Attracts Pollinators

Critter Resistance:

» Deer Resistant
» Rabbit Resistant

Foliage Color:

» Grey- Green

Exposure:

» Full Sun
» Sun/ Part Shade

Soil Moisture:

» Average Water
» Dry Soil
» Moist, Well Drained
» Well Drained Soil

Attributes:

» Cut Flower/Foliage
» Disease Resistant
» Drought Tolerant
» Erosion control
» Great Foliage
» Heat Tolerant
» Low Maintenance
» Native
» Naturalizing
» Specimen
» Summer Bloomer
» Tolerates Clay Soil

Habit:

» Clump forming

Season of Interest (Flowering):

» Summer