Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens) 12-pack of plugs
Can be shipped.
***12-pack MINIMUM ORDER***: If ordering 12-packs, you must order *at least six 12-packs*. You can mix and match 12-packs of different species.
What are plugs? Plugs are plants grown in 72-cell trays; each soil plug is 1.6” wide x 3.2” deep. They are a great option for planting large gardens. We plant all of our own projects with plugs.
Pretty silver-hued leaves complement the purple and orange flowers on Lead Plant. A super deep taproot–up to 20 feet deep!–helps this long-lived plant survive droughts. Every sunny prairie garden deserves at least one Lead Plant. It is a legume–a plant that increases nitrogen in the soil. The stems often persist and grow new shoots the next year, like a shrub.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium, Dry
Height: 3 feet
Blooms: June, July, Aug
Color: Purple
Spacing: 1-2′
Spreads: Doesn’t spread much
Zones: 3-9
Benefits: Pollinators, Deer Resistant, Unique foliage
Design Tips
Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens) is a small lanky shrub that is best planted individually in sunny gardens. We like to plant just a few Lead Plant flowers interspersed in larger masses of shorter prairie flowers and grasses such as Narrow-Leaf Coneflower, Butterfly Milkweed, Prairie Dropseed, and Star Sedge.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Nodding Onion
Butterfly Milkweed
Narrow-leaved Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Size: 12-pack of plugs
***12-pack MINIMUM ORDER***: If ordering 12-packs, you must order *at least six 12-packs*. You can mix and match 12-packs of different species.
