Amorpha Canescens - Lead Plant. This plant is a hardy perennial deciduous shrub that blooms in early summer. The blooms present as small tubular purple flowers with orange stamens, from grayish lavender spikes narrowly stacked from bottom to top above dainty-like grayish green foliage. This plant is a treat to deer and other grazing animals, so it is advised to have protection around it. Back in pioneer days, if someone saw this plant growing, they thought there was lead underneath the ground because of the grayish hue of the foliage which has deep roots up to 15 feet deep. Don’t worry if it dies down to the ground after a cold winter. Because of the deep roots, it will survive and come back in the next 1 or 2 years. Leadplant is used for a variety of different purposes. Indigenous Peoples such as the Oglala use the plant for medicinal purposes. Some indigenous tribes believed that the plant could aide in treating pinworms, eczema, rheumatism, neuralgia, open wounds, and cuts. The leaves of the plant were also used to make a tea and as a smoking mixture when dried, crushed, and combined with buffalo fat. It also provides many benefits to the ecosystems it is a part of, for example it provides valuable nutrition for grazing animals and helps prevent soil erosion.
 
          30+  seed per pack    
 
Planting Zone: 3 – 8
 
Full Sun / Partial Shade
 
Height: 3 feet
 
Width:  1 foot - 2 feet
 
Attracts Bees, Butterflies, Moths, Beetles, and other beneficial pollinators
 
Medicinal
 
Edible
 
Tolerant to drought and erosion dry soil
 
I urge anyone buying seed to do their homework on germination, I have not raised and cannot raise many of these plants as I am sub-tropics here in St Augustine, Florida. All seed are NOT alike!  There are so many different factors in germination and not doing a search is throwing your money away. I want everyone to be successful when growing your flowers from seed it is the most rewarding experience in Gardening and you can do it, if you give the seed what it needs to grow. I always check 3 sites of info to choose how I will go about it. It is not hard to do, if you do it right!
SEED GERMINATION TIP!!!!!!!
ONLY GERMINATE A SMALL PORTION AT A TIME.
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR MONKEYS IN A BARREL.
Good Luck and Happy Planting!!!!