General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 18 to 36 inches
Plant Spread: 18 to 36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds
Scarify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Blue Wild Indigo
  • Blue False Indigo
  • False Indigo
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Baptisia australis var. minor
  • Synonym: Baptisia minor

Photo Gallery
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: April 11 2020
Quick to bloom from emergence
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: April 2020
Third year plant
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: May 18 2020
First seed pods for this plant
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: March 2020
Emerging young plant
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: April 2020
Very showy blooms this year
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 5/10/2011

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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