Monarda, or wild bergamot, is a native plant that provides large lavender colored flowers from late June to August. It is also made into an herb tea.

Producing tall spires of summer flowers in every shade of blue, delphiniums are the kings of the cottage garden. Hazel ...

Brighten your garden with companion plants that bring year-round interest next to blue false indigo. These eye-catching ...

I love the blue color of jeans, so I am attracted to eco-friendly craft indigo dyeing. I hope that by focusing on traditional crafts, I can call more people to pay attention to environmental ...

Master gardener Sally Scalera shares the dirt on which fragrant plants are native, important because they attract and support ...

Typically, said Young, you combine indigo with a yellow source. Or, you could forage the flowering tops of common reed (Phragmites australis), a widespread invasive of wetlands, before its seeds form.

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These plants can reach heights of 4 feet and can spread to form a clump as wide as 3 to 4 feet also. They create a small bush structure and after the flowers have faded in mid- to late June, they are ...

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Various plant species contain blue indigo pigment, but some have particular climate needs. Not so with Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria), said Mr. Young, an annual that can be grown “pretty ...

Growing native plants is one of the best and easiest ways to attract ... clean and green' backdrop for summer blooming companion perennials." Although flowers are typically indigo, there are a variety ...