General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 3.5 - 3.5 feet
Plant Spread: 3.5 - 4 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: opens lilac purple with pale yellow keels and lighten to dusty lavender purple
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PPAF

Common names
  • Wild Indigo

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