Native Plants
to use NOW Recommendations from
8 | FANN WHOLESALE NATIVE PLANT AND SERVICE DIRECTORY | FALL 2019-2020
FANN’s Plant Promotion
Committee, chaired by habitat
designer Kirsten Sharp-Ortega,
Green Isle Gardens Nursery.
ALL FLORIDA SOUTH TO PALM BEACH
AND COLLIER COUNTIES:
FALSE INDIGO Amorpha fruticosa
Close-up of False Indigo
flower spike: False Indigo
provides an unusual color
combination: dark purple
flowers with bright yellow-
orange anthers. Flowering
starts at the stem end of the
raceme and continues toward
tip. Seeds are eaten by birds.
Photo: Mary Keim
Overall habit of False Indigo: False Indigo
is a large, fast-growing, multi-trunked,
deciduous shrub, reaching 6-10’ in
height and spread. Spring flowering and
attractive foliage throughout the summer
and early fall. Found throughout Florida
as far south as Broward and Collier
Counties, it occurs naturally near
wetlands but adapts readily to averagemoist
soils. Tolerates full sun and will
adapt to shade (fewer blooms). Provides
cover for birds and other wildlife. Photo:
Olga Sitnik, CC-BY-3.0.
Summer Azure butterfly on False Indigo:
False Indigo attracts many pollinators and
is a larval host plant for Southern Dogface
and Silver-Spotted Skipper butterflies.
Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren