Indigofera australis seeds grow into the Australian indigo an erect to spreading, deciduous shrub native to the temperate biome of south-eastern Australia, distributed from south-eastern Queensland and New South Wales south through Victoria and South Australia to Western Australia, growing in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland. Described by Willd. (Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 17651812). The epithet australis means ‘southern’ (from Latin). Produces abundant, arching racemes of small, soft pink to mauve-purple pea-shaped flowers in spring one of the most spectacular spring-flowering native Australian shrubs. Nitrogen-fixing. NOTE: the flowers are pink to mauve-purple, NOT blue as sometimes described in error. Family Fabaceae.

Full sun; well-drained, poor soils; drought-tolerant once established; cold-hardy in temperate zones. Outstanding spring-flowering Australian native.

• ‘Australis’ = southern; Willd. (17651812); abundant pink to mauve-purple pea-flower racemes in spring
• NOTE: flowers PINK TO MAUVE-PURPLE (not blue); nitrogen-fixing; drought-tolerant; outstanding spring display
• SE. Queensland to W. Australia temperate biome; dry sclerophyll forest and woodland
• Genus Indigofera: ~750 species; Tropics and Subtropics; Family Fabaceae (Faboideae); Order Fabales
• Full sun; well-drained poor soils; drought-tolerant; cold-hardy; nitrogen-fixing; Family Fabaceae

Indigofera australis the Australian indigo produces one of the most spectacular spring flowering displays of any native Australian shrub: the arching racemes of soft pink-mauve pea flowers covering the bare branches in spring make it outstanding for the naturalistic and native plant garden in temperate south-eastern Australia and Mediterranean-climate gardens worldwide.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.