Indigofera amblyantha seed

LATIN NAME: INDIGOFERA AMBLYANTHA

COMMON NAME: Pink Indigo

The pink indigo pinks the dense, rounded, deciduous shrub with the pinnate leaves of the many small, grey-green leaflets and the many small, soft-pink, pea-like flowers that open in the dense, upright spikes through the summer, the spikes pinking along the slender stems, the small, brown pods following. The shrub grows quickly into the neat, rounded mound, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The pink flower spikes of the pink indigo give it a recognised place in the research on the warm-climate nitrogen-fixing shrubs of the great indigo group, and the amblyantha species appears in the studies of the ornamental legumes and the bloom density. The work looks at the way the upright spikes pink along the stems, the soil-enriching roots, and the seed biology. The horticulturists value the long display, and the growers of the dry-garden and mixed-border shrubs keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, sunny border, the pink indigo pinks the summer border with the soft-pink spikes. The flowers open through the summer for the bees, the roots enrich the soil, and the shrub makes the fine, rounded feature of the dry border. It grows well in the well-drained, sunny ground. Pink-spiked, rounded and bee-fed.

To grow the Pink Indigo from seed, tip the seeds into the hot water, then let the water cool, sow them into the sandy drills of the tray, keep the tray in the bright, warm spot and water lightly.

Tip the seeds into the hot water, then let the water cool, and pot the seedlings on as they grow. The pink spikes come within the season. , and the seedlings spring up within a couple of weeks. The pink spikes will show through the summer.

It is a deciduous, spreading shrub that typically grows in a rounded form to 4-6′ tall and as wide. It is perhaps best noted for producing a very long bloom (May to September) of attractive pale lilac to rose to pink pea-shaped flowers in narrow vertical racemes (2-5″ long) growing from the leaf axils.
Flowers are followed by dark purple seed pods. Each compound odd-pinnate leaf (4-6″ long) has 7-13 ovate gray-green leaflets (each to 1 1/4″ long).
Height: 4.00 to 6.00 feet
Spread: 4.00 to 6.00 feet