Species Name:  B. alba Var. macrophylla, Baptisia lactea, B. leucant

Common Name: White False Indigo, White Wild Indigo

Zone: to zone 4 to 9

Light: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Soil Moisture: Medium to Moist

Soil Types: Sand, Loam, Clay

Fertility: poor to rich

pH: 5.0 – 6.5 does not like alkaline soils.

Bloom Time: May to June, lasts for up to month

Habit: Develops into a long lived, large bush like and deep rooted perennial. Is a little slow to flower when grown from seed or plugs taking a few years to bloom. White pea like flowers on 4 ft tall flower spikes in early spring. Flowers develop into 2” long seed pods filled with numerous hard seeds. It is easy to propagate from seeds.

Plant in mesic to moist well drained soils or use as a specimen plant in the garden. Can tolerate a range of growing conditions except wet poorly drained soils.

Grows naturally in prairie, savannas, oak openings and open woodland. Native to large areas of the mid-west, coastal plains states and south. Not native to NYS but has naturalized in some areas.