Blue False Indigo-Baptisia Australis
Blue False Indigo is a member of the Pea family. Baptisia Australis is standout because of its striking blue flowers. There are newer hybrids of Baptisia with Yellow and Purple flowers. The flowering plant is native to Central and Eastern America as well as in the Midwest. The flowers are native to American beauty. Botanical name of a plant is Baptisia
Australis and commonly known as Blue False Indigo or Blue Wild Indigo.
The Flowers are blue-purple pea-like colored. The blossoms start as plump, tight bunds. Leaves are divided into three leaflets. Leaves have a blue-green coloring and turn silvery grey in fall. A height of the plant is 3-4 feet from woody stem and spread around 3-4 feet. This plant is found in late spring season through early summer.
Blue false indigo is an upright and shrubby form perennial easily grown in average dry to medium well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Over time, plants develop slowly expanding clumps with deep and extensive root systems, and should not be disturbed once established.
The Europeans’ used to pay Americans to grow this plant for the dye they made from blue flowers. The seeds of these plants may be toxic; especially for children’s.
