Chinese Indigo (Indigofera incarnata)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Soil pH Preferences:	Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 11
Plant Height:	24-30 inches
Plant Spread:	36-48 inches
Leaves:	Evergreen Deciduous
Fruit:	Edible to birds
Fruiting Time:	Fall
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Lavender Pink White
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Dynamic Accumulator:	Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant:	Birds Butterflies
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant
Pollinators:	Various insects

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Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 17, 2018 4:10 PM concerning plant:

I love the pale pink raceme flower of this evergreen plant here in zone 9. It can spread fast by traveling roots and makes a seed so can be invasive. I just pull them when they get out of bounds. They are wispy plants that can get to 3 feet tall, so they look good growing mixed with tall plants and short plants. They flower all summer, then get dormant in winter, but never die back here. In April I give them a haircut that causes more compact new growth.

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Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jul 19, 2018 11:51 AM concerning plant:

It's late July and I found the first seed pod that forms after flowers. It's still green, so I will watch for it to brown over the next month, When it's dry, I'll collect seeds to trade in a seed swap here on garden.org. There are still lots of flower clusters as it's a summer/fall bloomer starting about mid May here in south Louisiana, zone 9.

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Indigofera Chinese Indigo (Indigofera incarnata)