Indigofera kirilowii Bernheim Uruguay deeply-impressed evergreen leaves

deeply-impressed evergreen leaves

clothed in 2' long x 6' wide

corrugated blue leaves surrounded by a wide border and topped in late spring with short spikes of pure white flowers

thick green fronds with stunning white backs line the black stipe

Indigofera kirilowii Bernheim Uruguay deeply-impressed evergreen leavesWe've grown Indigofera kirilowii for nearly 30 years, and assumed it all looked about the same as the 18" tall form we grew oh, were we wrong. In 2014, when visiting the Cincinnati Zoo, Director of Horticulture, Steve Foltz, showed me their clone, which came from the late plantsman, Buddy Hubbuch, at Kentucky's Bernheim Arboretum. There it grew, 5' tall heart be still! Since Indigofera kirilowii has a huge range from outer Mongolia south into Japan