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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceINDIGOFERA
In the family of the indigo-dye plant.
Genus of 700 or more species of evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs, annuals and herbaceous perennials found mainly in a variety of tropical and sub-tropical regions.
The species tinctoria and sufffruticosa are those from which the well-known dye was extracted. Indigo-dyed fabric found in Peru predates Egyptian-dyed fabrics by 1500 years. Indigo was used in paintings by artists in the Middle Ages. Several species were used as analgesics to relieve pain.
Further Reading....
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Deciduous - and evergreen trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Pinnate leaves and clusters of pea-like flowers.
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Against a wall - can be trained against a warm, sunny wall.
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Full sun -
Additional Features - Pests & Diseases - - none -
Place of origin - from tropical and sub tropical regions -
Resistant to honey fungus - These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil -
Indigofera Growing Guide
Buy Varieties of INDIGOFERA
INDIGOFERA heterantha >
Rose-purple pea-shaped flowers in long racemes and luxurious foliage. One of the most ornamental of all late flowering shrubs which prefers a hot sunny position
INDIGOFERA potaninii >
Clear pink flowers in horizontal spreading racemes continuously through the summer
