Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo
Grows quickly each spring into a 3-by-3-foot mound.
Attracts pollinators with showy blue panicles of long-lasting flowers.
After the flowers fade, fat bean-like seed pods develop and persist through the winter.
Blue False Indigo’s deep taproot makes it extremely sturdy and drought tolerant.
Deer and rabbits generally avoid it.