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 Virginia Living Museum
Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
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Height: |
3 - 4 feet |
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Light: |
Sun to part shade |
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Moisture: |
Dry to average soil |
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Bloom Time: |
April - May |
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Flower Color: |
Blue to purple |
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Foliage: |
Herbaceous |
Spectacular tall spikes of purple-blue flowers resembling Texas bluebonnets in form, waxy grey-blue rounded leaves with large black interesting looking pods that "rattle" and persist through winter.
Although not woody, the form is shrub-like with a height of 3 to 4 feet, and similar spread.
Wild blue indigo is drought tolerant and thrives in full sun.
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