Baptisia alba

Wild Indigo

  • Pure-white, pea-like flowers
  • Charcoal-gray stems add contrast with flowers
  • Blue-green foliage appears 1' up the stalk

Architectural spikes of white blooms on top of grey-blue foliage. Popular with bumblebees and a host for many caterpillars, including Black-Spotted Prominent, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Frosted Elfin and Hoary Edge butterflies. The plant has a deep taproot and is difficult to move, so choose your site carefully. Long-lived but slow to mature, it will become a large plant with a diameter of four feet.

Exposure
• Partial Shade
• Sun
Soil Moisture Preference
• Average
Habit
• Upright
Critter Resistance
• Deer Resistant
Attracts Wildlife
• Bees and other pollinators
• Butterflies
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Spring
• Summer
Season of Interest (Foliage)
• Fall
• Spring
• Summer
• Winter
Foliage Color
• Green
Plant Sub-Group
• Perennial Natives