Indigofera kirilowii Bernheim Medicinal Plants The glaucous-green leafed clumps are

The glaucous-green leafed clumps are topped in summer with small

This wonderful new introduction makes a fast-growing compact mound to 2' wide

dark green leaves are speckled creamy white

False indigo can become a maintenance problem if you don't allow enough space when you plant it

are topped with small lavender-pink flowers

Indigofera kirilowii Bernheim Medicinal Plants The glaucous-green leafed clumps areWe've grown Indigofera kirilowii for nearly 30 years, and assumed it all looked about the same as the 18" tall form we grew oh, were we wrong. In 2014, when visiting the Cincinnati Zoo, Director of Horticulture, Steve Foltz, showed me their clone, which came from the late plantsman, Buddy Hubbuch, at Kentucky's Bernheim Arboretum. There it grew, 5' tall heart be still! Since Indigofera kirilowii has a huge range from outer Mongolia south into Japan