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🌿 Wild Indigo

Baptisia tinctoria
native_plants Perennial Fabaceae
Wild Indigo plant photo
☀️ Sun
Full Sun
💧 Water
Low
🗺️ Zones
3-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining, sandy, poor
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
18-24 in
📐 Height
24-36 in
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 Companions (4)

🤝 Butterfly Weed
Prairie restoration pairing
🤝 Echinacea
Native meadow companions
🤝 Goldenrod
Prairie restoration pairing
🤝 Purple Coneflower
Native meadow companions

⚠️ Keep Apart (3)

⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees

📝 Growing Notes

Smaller cousin of blue false indigo. Yellow pea flowers. Was a commercial source of blue dye before indigo imports. Nitrogen-fixing.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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