Botanical Name: Amorpha canescens
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Common Name: Leadplant  
Plant photo of: Amorpha canescens
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Purple

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green

 

Bark Color

Tan, White

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Leadplant is a showy, small shrub that grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, with an upright to rounded form. Foliage is long, compounded and needle-like, and greyish-green. New wood is densely hairy and whitish. Thin spikes of pea-like flowers occur July to September, and are violet-blue with orange eyes. Provides substance to the sunny perennial border or meadow garden. Attracts bees and butterflies. Grows about 2 to 4 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.