False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Zones 3–9perennial48" tall🐝 pollinator🌾 native
Bloom window
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Peak bloom: May
How to plant
Plant in spring — deep taproot means don't move once established. Long-lived and drought-tolerant.
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Spacing
- 36" between plants
- Mature height
- 48"
- Row placement
- back of bed
From authoritative sources
Aggregated from USA National Phenology Network.
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