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Audubon® Native Lead Plant

Amorpha canescens
$5939 $8999
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Plant Highlights

Audubon® Native Lead Plant highlights at a glance!

Plant Highlights

  • Brand
    Audubon Native Plants & Trees
  • Botanical Name
    Amorpha canescens
  • Growing Zones
    2-9
  • Mature Height
    2 - 3 feet
  • Mature Spread
    2 - 3 feet
  • Sun Exposure
    Full Sun
  • Moisture
    Medium, Low Once Established
  • Soil
    Well Drained Soil
  • Growth Rate
    Medium
  • Pollinator Friendly
    Yes
  • Fragrant
    Yes
  • Pruning Time
    Early Spring
  • Bloom Period
    Late Spring, Summer

The National Audubon Society presents a new line of native plants and trees that will help birds and wildlife thrive in your area! One huge bird attractor is the Audubon® Native Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens) is a dry prairie native that thrives in tough conditions.

Also called Leadplant and Downy Indigobush, these purple blooming butterfly magnets are beautiful native wildflower shrubs! Adaptable from Texas to Canada, the wide range versatility is astounding, making them perfect informal additions to your garden and landscape!

Food for the Sulphur Butterflies and Hairstreaks, you’ll see them and more swarming this informal bushy shrub. Once thought to indicate where Lead accumulated in the ground, these actually have a long history of medicinal and culinary uses to Native Tribes of the U.S. and Canada. Now you can enjoy this unique specimen today!

Planting and Application:

Plant with other beneficial natives and ornamental plants for a fire-scaping barrier and in dry, drought-prone areas where these plants need little water once established. Great for Xeriscaping too, the foliage glitters in the sun and adds texture and interest until frost.

A native to tallgrass prairies, add to a pollinator and wildlife habitat garden, en masse or in a prairie setting. The curious yellow-red sprays of stamen erupt from the center of each tiny purple blossom that covers these flower spikes, add incredible contrast!

  • Finely Textured Sage Green Foliage
  • Terminal Clusters of Long Purplish-Blue Flower Spikes
  • Beneficial Native Wildflower - Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds
  • Perennial Beds, Rock Gardens and Mixed-Shrub Borders
  • Attracts Insect Eating Finches, Sparrows, & Juncos by acting as a Caterpillar Host Plant

#ProPlantTips for Care:

This herbaceous deciduous shrub helps add nitrogen to the soil. Low water needs once established, water minimally yet consistently while young plants are settling into their new homes. Plant in enriched, well-drained moist soil for best growth and health.

  • Deep Roots Make this a Drought Tolerant, Firescaping & Xeriscaping Shrub
  • Full Sun & Low Moisture Needs Once Established
  • Prune in Early Spring to Clean Up the Mound
  • Deciduous - Young Stems Have Downy Stems

Tough and resilient, the beneficial native Audubon® Native Lead Plant Shrub fills your garden with hungry birds and pollinators galore! Give back to nature and beautify your home with hardy landscape plants that do more with help from NatureHills.com!

Audubon® Plant Information

Bird-Friendly native trees and plants provide food and shelter for local and migrating birds, as well as other wildlife. By purchasing and planting native flora, you will support Audubon's conservation mission and impact, while helping birds and wildlife thrive!

  • Grown Without Neonicotinoids
  • Audubon® is Licensed & Registered to the National Audubon Society
  • May Not Be Available in Non-Native Regions, States or Countries - Check Here
  • Audubon® Native Plants & Trees are Exclusively Grown by Bower & Branch
Audubon® Native Lead Plant
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Audubon® Native Lead Plant

From $5939 $8999

The National Audubon Society presents a new line of native plants and trees that will help birds and wildlife thrive in your area! One huge bird attractor is the Audubon® Native Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens) is a dry prairie native that thrives in tough conditions.

Also called Leadplant and Downy Indigobush, these purple blooming butterfly magnets are beautiful native wildflower shrubs! Adaptable from Texas to Canada, the wide range versatility is astounding, making them perfect informal additions to your garden and landscape!

Food for the Sulphur Butterflies and Hairstreaks, you’ll see them and more swarming this informal bushy shrub. Once thought to indicate where Lead accumulated in the ground, these actually have a long history of medicinal and culinary uses to Native Tribes of the U.S. and Canada. Now you can enjoy this unique specimen today!

Planting and Application:

Plant with other beneficial natives and ornamental plants for a fire-scaping barrier and in dry, drought-prone areas where these plants need little water once established. Great for Xeriscaping too, the foliage glitters in the sun and adds texture and interest until frost.

A native to tallgrass prairies, add to a pollinator and wildlife habitat garden, en masse or in a prairie setting. The curious yellow-red sprays of stamen erupt from the center of each tiny purple blossom that covers these flower spikes, add incredible contrast!

  • Finely Textured Sage Green Foliage
  • Terminal Clusters of Long Purplish-Blue Flower Spikes
  • Beneficial Native Wildflower - Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds
  • Perennial Beds, Rock Gardens and Mixed-Shrub Borders
  • Attracts Insect Eating Finches, Sparrows, & Juncos by acting as a Caterpillar Host Plant

#ProPlantTips for Care:

This herbaceous deciduous shrub helps add nitrogen to the soil. Low water needs once established, water minimally yet consistently while young plants are settling into their new homes. Plant in enriched, well-drained moist soil for best growth and health.

  • Deep Roots Make this a Drought Tolerant, Firescaping & Xeriscaping Shrub
  • Full Sun & Low Moisture Needs Once Established
  • Prune in Early Spring to Clean Up the Mound
  • Deciduous - Young Stems Have Downy Stems

Tough and resilient, the beneficial native Audubon® Native Lead Plant Shrub fills your garden with hungry birds and pollinators galore! Give back to nature and beautify your home with hardy landscape plants that do more with help from NatureHills.com!

Audubon® Plant Information

Bird-Friendly native trees and plants provide food and shelter for local and migrating birds, as well as other wildlife. By purchasing and planting native flora, you will support Audubon's conservation mission and impact, while helping birds and wildlife thrive!

  • Grown Without Neonicotinoids
  • Audubon® is Licensed & Registered to the National Audubon Society
  • May Not Be Available in Non-Native Regions, States or Countries - Check Here
  • Audubon® Native Plants & Trees are Exclusively Grown by Bower & Branch

Plant Size

  • #1 Container 1-2 Feet
  • #3 Container 2-3 Feet
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