Plant · P-943

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

Blue wild indigo is a slow-growing, nitrogen-fixing perennial in the pea family grown for its blue-purple pea-like flowers and as a traditional source of blue dye. Native to eastern and central North America from Pennsylvania to Georgia and west to Texas, Nebraska and Indiana, it rises from a woody base into a bushy clump. It wants full sun and light sandy to medium loamy, well-drained soil, tolerating both dry and consistently moist conditions once its deep taproot is established.