White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba (leucantha) (White Wild Indigo)

Baptisia alba (leucantha) (Herbaceous Perennial)

White Wild Indigo provides three season interest! Upright spikes of creamy white flowers appear in late spring over blue-gray foliage. Flowers are followed by interesting pods that can be used in dried arrangements. The White Wild Indigo plant form is shrub-like. Takes a few years to establish but it is very long-lived.

	Three season interest
	Graceful arching stems on shrub-like plants

Height

30-36 Inches

Spread

24-36 Inches

USDA Hardiness Zone 3 - 8

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Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

	Naturalizing
	Mass Planting
	Border or Bed
	Native
	Dried Flower

Exposure

	Sun
	Partial Sun

Foliage Color

Green

Other Characteristics

Prairie Restoration

Season of Interest (Flowering)

Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

	Summer
	Fall

Soil Moisture Preference

Average

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