False Indigo (Baptisia australis)

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Apr 18, 2003

New growth, mid-April

Common name: False Indigo
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Baptisia
Species australis

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/18/

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crockny Kerhonkson, NY(Zone 5a) Nov 27, 2006

Is this one plant?

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Jan 18, 2007

Sorry for the delay - yes, one plant.

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crockny Kerhonkson, NY(Zone 5a) Jan 22, 2007

I'm planting seeds of this this year -- now I know to leave plenty of room! I think I'm witner sowing them ... winter might finally be here in New York state ...

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eclayne East Longmeadow, MA(Zone 5b) Apr 26, 2010

Hi hczone6,
Do you prune down to ground every fall or spring?
Thanks, Evan

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hczone6 Zone 6, OH(Zone 6a) Apr 28, 2010

It dies down to the ground every year. I just pull up the dead stems and let it grow back the next season. If you leave the seeds in the pods and let it self-seed, you'll end up with quite a few babies the next spring. I've got several that grew from seed.

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cathy166 Stamford, CT(Zone 6b) Apr 28, 2010

This is a very hardy plant. I don't know if it self sows or just spreads under ground. The blooms are attractive and so are the bid seed pods with the tiny, sparse seeds.

This year I have cut it down a lot because it spreads beautifully, but for me it crowds out a lot of my blooming plants. It grows well with amsonia (a light blue flower) which has more woody stems.

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