False Indigo is a woody shrub that has deep lavender fragrant flower spikes with orange anthers in mid-summer. The plant is covered with finely textured compound foliage in summer taking on a coarse texture when dormant. Native to the eastern U.S.
Product Description
AMORPHA fruticosa – False Indigo
False Indigo is a woody shrub that has deep lavender fragrant flower spikes with orange anthers in mid-summer. The plant is covered with finely textured compound foliage in summer taking on a coarse texture when dormant. Tolerates poor to well drained soils and seasonally standing water. Useful for erosion control in stream bank plantings or low areas where other shrubs drown out. Native to the eastern U.S.
Sun: Full Sun
Soil: Average Well-drained
Size: Height 4-12ft., Width 6-15ft.
Zone: 4-9
Flower: Purple with Orange-Yellow Anthers
Bloom Time: April to June
Attributes: Low Maintenance, Showy and Fragrant Flowers, Tolerant to Wet Soils and Poor Soils, Salt Tolerant