Amorpha Fruticosa " False Indigo"

Amorpha Fruticosa " False Indigo" host plant

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Butterfly host plant for Silver Spotted Skipper ( Epargyreus Claurus)

Pot Size: 1 gallon 

Height: 8" to 16"

Facts about Amorpha Fruticosa host plant:

Also known as Baptisia Australis or blue false indigo this plant is an excellent host plant for your garden.

* Description: Shrub with fragrant deep purple flowers with bright green leaves. The pungent, compound leaves of this species reach about 6" long, with linear-oblong leaflets 3/8"-3/4" long. Spikes of yellow- anthered, dark purple flowers appear at the branch tips, each spike measuring up to 6" long.

* Bloom Season: February- August

* Habitat/ Range: Forest margins and stream banks of eastern Canada and the continental United States, south to northern Mexico and throughout mainland Florida.

* Family: Fabaceae

* Zones: 4 to 9

* Height: 4 to 12 feet

* Sun: Full sun 

* Water: Medium to wet