Amorpha fruticosa seed
LATIN NAME: Amorpha fruticosa
COMMON NAME: False Indigo
The false indigo is the blue one of the riverside, and the slender spikes of the small, dark-blue flowers open through the early summer. The vigorous, upright, deciduous shrub carries the pinnate leaves of the many small, oval leaflets and the slender, upright spikes of the small, dark-blue, pea-like flowers with the orange anthers through the early summer, one of the fine, blue sights of the warm border. The shrub is a fine, easy presence of the bank, the hedge and the wild patch. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The false indigo is a blue, easy subject of the plant science, and the slender spikes keep showing up in the work on the nitrogen-fixing shrubs. The way the shrub feeds the soil and flowers so freely has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the nitrogen-fixing shrubs, the riverside plants and the members of the pea family. The pinnate leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine garden shrub, and the false indigo is a regular subject of the work on the easy blue shrubs of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The false indigo is a fine, easy shrub of the bank and the wild patch. The slender, upright spikes of the small, dark-blue flowers with the orange anthers open through the early summer, drawing the bees, and the pinnate leaves hold the shrub neat through the season. The shrub feeds the soil with the nitrogen and stands the poor, sandy ground with the ease, making it one of the fine choices for the bank, the hedge and the soil-building planting of the warm garden. It has been written up in the horticultural and the ecological papers for the blue spikes and the easy, generous ways, and it is a fine, long-lived shrub of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
The false indigo is one of the easy blue shrubs of the riverside, and the slender spikes of the dark-blue flowers draw the bees. The shrub feeds the soil with the nitrogen through its long life.
To grow the false indigo from seed, sow the small, round seeds in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keeping the pots warm and bright, and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings push through within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the well-drained ground, the blue spikes will open through the early summer.
It is a member of the Legume Family. The bush grows 5-15 ft tall and bears long, slender racemes of wonderful blue/purple flowers. The flowers are much loved by bees and butterflies and will attract them in droves.