Indigofera heterantha - Indigo Bush
Indigo shrubs (Indigofera heterantha) are in demand as small-growing shrubs anywhere in the garden, especially when they come along looking very pritty with pink-purple butterfly-shaped flowers and delicate pinnate leaves.
The Indigo Bush (Indigofera heterantha) is closely related to Indigo tinctoria from which in earlier times the leaves were used for producing blue dye. The Indigo Bush grows as an unformal, app. head-high shrub with fine, bluish pinnate leaves. All through the summer it shows many pink butterfly-shaped flowers for many weeks in June and July. As a pot plant this deciduous shrub can be wintered in a semi-dark quarter. Planted in the garden in a sunny spot on well draining soil they are reliably hardy.
Quality: beautiful butterfly-shaped flowers; permanent bloom; small & loose growth habit; modest & easy to care; hardy Use: planted in the garden; in pots from March to November outside on balcony, terrace and in the garden – during winter indoor; all-year in an unheated or cold greenhouse.
Data sheet
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Origin
- Asia (mediterranean)
- Flowering period
- Summer
- Color of flowers
- Rose
- Growth
- Small shrub
- Location
- Sunny
- winter temperature
- 5 (+/- 5) °C
- Minimum temperature
- -15 °C
- Hardiness Zones
- 7
- Height
- 1 - 1,5 m
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