I had an indigo (indigofera) for many years. It never done much as it was under a huge eucalyptus tree. It would get a few lovely flowers (much like the pic above) but of a lighter shade. I took it out last year. Very similar to the pic, but flowers were paler (possibly due to shade) and I thought the leaves were more mimosa-like (but my memory isn't what it was...)
Billericay - Essex
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I see where you're going with the indigofera - it is very similar. My mother-in-law bought it as she is an expert gardener and hadn't come across it before so was going to take a cutting, asking me to note the name. I faithfully kept the label in a drawer (I now put them in the ground with the plant!) and hubby in a rare moment of tidying binned it!
The main reason for asking is it's very sparse at the bottom - flowers and leaves at the top but very bare and twiggy other than that, so I wondered if there was something I should be doing, or just a light/hard prune in Autumn might help.
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Sorry it's come up sideways!
Are the purple flowers pea type flowers? It is hard to tell from this photo.
I think they are pea like but currently 'going over' with no newer flowers to photograph so not as clear as they were.
not sure, possible a false indigo..?
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
There is a shrub called Indigofera in the pea family and it did look very like that with fine pinnate leaves. It was about 4-5 ft high.
Anyone else with any ideas - I'm stumped - Nut, have you had a look?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had an indigo (indigofera) for many years. It never done much as it was under a huge eucalyptus tree. It would get a few lovely flowers (much like the pic above) but of a lighter shade. I took it out last year.
Very similar to the pic, but flowers were paler (possibly due to shade) and I thought the leaves were more mimosa-like (but my memory isn't what it was...)
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I see where you're going with the indigofera - it is very similar. My mother-in-law bought it as she is an expert gardener and hadn't come across it before so was going to take a cutting, asking me to note the name. I faithfully kept the label in a drawer (I now put them in the ground with the plant!) and hubby in a rare moment of tidying binned it!
The main reason for asking is it's very sparse at the bottom - flowers and leaves at the top but very bare and twiggy other than that, so I wondered if there was something I should be doing, or just a light/hard prune in Autumn might help.
(Unless it will grow to 4-5 feet so like one of my hebes looks sparse at the bottom in early life but grows tall?)