🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🌱 Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
native_plants
Perennial
Fabaceae
☀️ 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
🤝 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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