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Hardiness: USDA Zone 2a: to -45.5 °C (-50 °F) USDA Zone 2b: to -42.7 °C (-45 °F) USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; stratify if sowing indoors Scarify seed before sowing
Seed Collecting: Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds
On Oct 22, 2010, mlsaxton from La Crosse, WI wrote:
I started my plant 3 years ago (zone 4) from bare root. It is now about 16" x 12". As a native shrub plant it is visually interesting as well as low maintenance.
On Oct 11, 2004, tcfromky from Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) wrote:
Native American Indians dried the leaves to use for tea. They drank it for enjoyment but it was also used to treat for pinworms and other intestinal worms. A powder from the dried leaves was blown into open sores to aid in healing and scab development.
On Jun 24, 2003, garbanzito from Denver, CO (Zone 5a) wrote:
i have observed lead plant growing wild in the mountains of northern New Mexico.. in Denver, with little supplemental water, it has been slow to establish but in its third season, it finally came in to its own with a strong flowering.. textures of leaves & flowers are unusual and interesting
On Aug 31, 2001, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
Lead plant is a Missouri native that typically occurs in open woodlands, glades and prairies. This pea/bean family member is a somewhat ungainly, deciduous shrub growing 1-3' tall and featuring slender, dense, 4-8" spike-like clusters of tiny, bluish-purple flowers with gold anthers which bloom in May-June. Amorpha also features alternate, pinnately compound leaves with grayish green leaflets and densely hairy twigs. The genus Amorpha is often called false indigo because of its resemblance to plants of the genus Indigofera. Common name of lead plant refers to the once held belief that the plant was an indicator of the presence of lead in the ground
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Delta, Colorado Denver, Colorado Edgewater, Colorado Bithlo, Florida Champaign, Illinois Machesney Park, Illinois Bloomington, Minnesota Rice, Minnesota St Paul, Minnesota Cole Camp, Missouri Clarksville, Tennessee Linden, Texas Leesburg, Virginia La Crosse, Wisconsin Rice Lake, Wisconsin
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