Baptisia australis
Blue Wild Indigo
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Big clusters of indigo-blue, pea-like flowers bloom on graceful erect to arching stems in mid-spring to early summer. The flowers are followed by inflated blue-black pods which are useful in dried arrangements. The blue-green foliage is quite handsome. A beautiful addition to any border!
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8
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Good Companions
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata),
Orange Coneflower
(Rudbeckia fulgida),
Prairie Dropseed
(Sporobolus heterolepis),
Butterfly Milkweed
(Asclepias tuberosa),
Prairie Beard Tongue
(Penstemon tubaeflorus)
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