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• INDIGO FLOWER PLUS

One of the most attractive indigo shrubs is Indigofera heterantha, with its long clusters of rosy purple, pea-like flowers. For example, the flowers of Indigofera amblyanthan are soft pink racemes and cultivated for their ornamental beauty. The dye indigo is obtained from this genus. Some indigo plant varieties have beautiful flowers.

INDIGO FLOWER PLUS

Genus name comes from indigo plus Latin fero meaning to bear. Plants are still commercially grown, mostly on small farms, for those desiring natural dye, premium clothing companies, amateur gardeners, and traditional medicine. True indigo is much less in demand today for commercial dye purposes because of the creation of synthetic dyes which have now taken its place for most purposes. Flowers are followed by seed pods (to 2” long). True indigo features light green pinnate leaves (each with 4 to 7 pairs of leaflets) and short racemes of summer-blooming pink or violet flowers. Dye is obtained by fermentation of the leaves which converts the indican into the blue dye indigotin. in the 1700s where it has now naturalized in some areas. Girl Scout Cookies is an indica dominant hybrid strain made by crossing OG Kush with Durban Poison. It became a cash crop in the Southeastern U.S. Blue false indigo is a native bushy perennial with three-parted compound leaves and showy, upright stalks of blue pea flowers. It is probably native to China, tropical Asia and parts of Africa, but the specific location is not entirely clear because this shrub has been in cultivation since at least 4000 BC with introduction and naturalization taking place in many places around the world before good records were kept. Indigo flower (7,076 Results) Blue False Indigo Perennial - Baptisia australis - Quart Pot HirtsGardens (57,495) 9.99 Baptisia hybrid / False Indigo hybrid / 50 FRESH SEEDS CityGardenHarvest (2) 4. As suggested by the common name, this shrub was the original source of the blue dye known as indigo. Indigofera tinctoria, commonly called true indigo, is a deciduous spreading tropical shrub or subshrub of the pea family that typically grows to 2-3’ tall and as wide.