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© Crystal Strouse
false indigo
Amorpha fruticosa
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
-
Height: 3.0 ft. to 15.0 ft.
Spread: 5.0 ft. to 15.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Fish, Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Purple Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Screening
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4, 5 - Soil Type
- Loam, Rocky, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Forms thickets. Important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.