Fragrant False Indigo (Amorpha nana)

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Fragrant / Dwarf False Indigo (Amorpha nana) | $12.99 | 1 gallon

🌿 Quick Facts: • Native Status: Native to central North America — native to Colorado's plains & foothills • USDA Growing Zones: 3-7 • Height: 2-3 feet • Spread: 1-3 feet

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Late spring to midsummer • Colors: Violet-purple petals with bright orange anthers • Flower Type: Dense spike-like racemes of tiny pea flowers; honey-scented • Bloom Period: May-July

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun; tolerates part shade • Water: Very low to low — xeric once established • Soil: Rocky, sandy or gravelly, well-drained; tolerates poor & alkaline soil; rots in wet clay • Spacing: 12-24 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Birds: Low-shrub cover & nesting structure for songbirds • Native Bees: Excellent — special value to native bees; abundant pollen • Butterflies: Larval host for silver-spotted skipper; good nectar source • Beneficial Insects: Draws predatory and parasitoid wasps, beetles & moths

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Prune winter dieback and shape before leaf-out; slow to leaf out • Summer: Essentially no care; do not overwater or fertilize • Fall: Leave seed pods for interest and wildlife • Winter: Fully hardy; expect minor twig dieback in exposed sites

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

  • Leadplant
  • Blue Grama
  • Rabbitbrush
  • Prairie Sagewort

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Honey-fragrant purple-and-orange flower spikes • Fine, cloud-like pinnate foliage • Nitrogen-fixing; improves soil • Genuinely xeric and deer resistant • True dwarf shrub that stays in scale