Cait's Garden

Blue False Indigo, aka Wild Indigo, aka “Baptisia australis” is  a pretty phenomenal entry in the late spring/early summer flower category. Its time in flower is brief, but the show it gives is pretty phenomenal. I’ve heard the bright purple-blue flowers that run up the long stems referred to as “pea-like” but I think they look more like water fountains. Deep blue droplets splashing up against the bright green leaves. This is a very tall, vertical and vase-shaped plant. It gets about 3 feet tall. I have a clump of three plants that grew together and they are firmly entrenched in my landscape. They are at the back of the bed, though, so when they aren’t blooming (which is most of the year), they are a lovely green background for other plants. They stay very neat and tidy, too. Very upright, right through fall when they produce very interesting black seed pods. This plant now comes in a few different colors including yellow, but for my money, I will choose something that’s called and colored “indigo” every time.