Common Name:
Blue false indigo
Plant Type:
Deciduous perennial
Family:
Fabaceae (The Pea Family)
Geographic Origin:
Eastern United States
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
To 3 feet
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Spring

Flower Color:
Dark blue
Exposure:
Sun or light shade
Soils:
Most soils

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 0 degrees F. or less

These perennial peas are attractive and often very durable in the garden. They produce several to many stems from a rootstock, each lined by large three-parted leaves. Many-flowered clusters of bright blue violet lupine-like blossoms develop at the shoot tips in spring or summer. They are followed by fat, pea-like seed pods which may turn nearly black as they mature.