Thursday, March 26, 2009

wild white indigo

I have seeds for wild white indigo, and I wanted to share what I discovered. Also known as Baptisia alba macrophylla, this plant is used as a dye, although it is not as "striking" as the old world indigo plant. However, this is a perennial nitrogen fixer, and a native prairie plant. It's also beautiful, as evidenced by the picture.

More info here:

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/ww_indigox.htm

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