Amorpha Species, Indigo Bush

I'm growing var. napensis under the shade of a deciduous black oak. Poor, dry soil, no watering needed after it is established. Six ft....Read More wispy shrub. In nature it root spreads eventually to form a colony. you may not want this for a tidy garden. So after starting from seed, keep the cotyledon (first bud site) above soil level when planting out, and you will have a single stem with no suckering.

I have this plant in a container. It seems to be doing well, and it looks fine. Growth is somewhat slow, but every spring, the plant ge...Read Morets a little bit bigger. The main reason for growing it, however, is that it is the host plant of the California Dogface butterfly.