PlantsFlowers
Blue False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Long-lived prairie perennial with May spikes
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 3–4 ft
- Spacing
- 3 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jun
- How it spreads
- Clump, deep roots
- What to buy
- Potted plants. Don't plan to move it.
- When to plant
- Plant April or September.
In the design
Midwest prairie plant, fully hardy on the Near West Side. Cut the black stems in spring, not fall. Deep roots hate being transplanted.
