| Common Name | Blue False Indigo |
| Scientific Name | Baptisia australis |
| Height | 3 1/2 - 4' foliage, 5' blossom stalks |
| Sun/Shade | Sun - partial shade |
| Bloom Season | April - May |
| Bloom Color | Blue |
| Soil | Well drained, can handle poor soil. pH should be lower than 6.5 |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Notes | Good against a wall |
| Prairie Nursery | Enders | Possibility Place | |
| Costs from
Spring 2001 catalog |
Deep Plug
1-3 $4.95ea. 4-11 $3.95ea. 12-31 $3.75ea. 32-63 $3.25ea. 64-95 $2.95ea. 96+ $2.75 ea. 1,600 seeds/oz.
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Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35 pint - 3.40 quart - 4.75 ½ gallon - 5.95 gallon - 7.50 & up. |
Flat of 32, single species - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Baptisia australis:
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=BAPAUS
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
-Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers
in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
1999
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.