Indigofera

Indigofera - Elegant shrubs of medium or dwarf stature, so far as known with us, natives of China and Japan. Very little is known of their garden value, though occasionally seen as wall plants in mild districts. I. Gerardiana is a pretty plant which may be grown as a bush or against a wall, which it clothes gracefully with feathery leaves, towards the close of summer, bearing small Pea-like bright pink blooms. In certain districts it may be well to give it protection in cold winters if not against a wall, and the only attention it requires is close pruning in early winter. The kinds in cultivation—some rare—are I. Bungeana, decora, decora alba, Delavayi, Dosua, Dosua minor, Gerardiana, Gerardiana alba, hebepetala, Kirilowii, macrostachya, pendula, reticulata, Roylei. For treatment we can only say warm walls or sunny positions in open welldrained soils.

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