Photo credit
Yann Kemper, CC0, Original photo
Care
- Choose a lasting spot; established plants are difficult to move.
Tall Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
Listed for containersIts plant group hosts 23 kinds of caterpillars
- Flower color
- Blue, yellow, purple or white
- Bloom
- April to June
- Height
- 3–4 feet
- Spread
- 2–4 feet
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil moisture
- Usually moist
Typical bloom time. A plant at the store may not be in flower.
- Containers
- Yes, listed for containersListed by Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia: Container Gardening with Native Plants (2025)
- Container size
- Not recordedMeasure your pot’s depth; we can’t confirm this pot yet.
Native to South Carolina (estimated from a national checklist)