Great as a specimen plant or in small groups. Since it has been cultivated for centuries, the native habitat of true indigo is not known. Looks stunning in beds and borders, cottage gardens, prairies or meadows, and native plant gardens.Baptisia is rabbit resistant and rarely bothered by deer as they consider it unpalatable. Attracts scores of butterflies and hummingbirds.Do not disturb once established as it develops a deep taproot that is easily damaged if you try to transplant it.
It’s known as the Uitenhage aloe and is native to South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
Although it will grow in some shade, this plant tends to become leggy and may require staking. Color Spires® ‘Azure Snow’ (left) and ‘Crystal Blue’ (right) Salvia (Perennial Salvia) If you battle deer or rabbits in your garden but want to grow flowers that feed pollinators, plant salvia. African aloe comes from the Asphodelaceae family. One of the most attractive indigo shrubs is Indigofera heterantha, with its long clusters of rosy purple, pea-like flowers. For example, the flowers of Indigofera amblyanthan are soft pink racemes and cultivated for their ornamental beauty.
PLANTS WITH INDIGO FLOWER FULL
Plant it in full sun to part shade but in the shade it tends to get. Some indigo plant varieties have beautiful flowers. Requirements are fairly simple: Full sun in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils. It grows from 3 to 4 feet tall, and with its showy blue flowers it is a spring highlight.Spreads by underground rhizomes and typically grows up to 30-36 in.Blooming in late spring to early summer, it is an extremely valuable addition to the garden and its seedpods help create lovely winter decorations.The plant is easy to grow, dont need much water and attracts.
PLANTS WITH INDIGO FLOWER SERIES
Long-lived, this hybrid Baptisia belongs to the Decadence Deluxe Series noted for its desirable flower colors and vase-shaped habit. True Indigo has evergreen leaves and produces beautiful pink/purple flowers during Spring. If left untrimmed, the plant forms interesting seedpods turning charcoal-black in the fall and persisting into winter. The fresh green foliage forms a lush, bushy, vase-shaped clump that remains neat all season and creates a lovely backdrop for the other perennials in the garden. Blooming for 2-3 weeks in late spring to early summer, they provide an amazing floral display. Quite compact, Baptisia 'Pink Truffles' (False Indigo) is an upright, densely branched perennial bearing sturdy spikes of pea-shaped, soft pink flowers with a tinge of violet and pale yellow keels. Fan flower (Scaevola aemula), also known simply as scaevola, is a warm-weather perennial or small shrub that is often grown as an annual flower.
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