{"product_id":"american-goldfinch-false-indigo-bare-root-plant","title":"American Goldfinch False Indigo - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican Goldfinch is a big, bold native false indigo that sends up loads of bright golden yellow flower spikes for many weeks in late spring and early summer. It is one of the most free-flowering baptisias available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts wide habit, about three and a half feet tall and up to five feet across, makes it ideal for filling large spaces, meadow plantings, mass plantings or as a specimen. Round seed pods follow in fall. Once established it is very long lived, drought tolerant and practically care free, and deer leave it alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpright, lupine-like spikes 10 to 12 inches long densely set with pea-shaped flowers in bright golden yellow, rising above the foliage on sturdy stems. Leaves are three-parted with oval leaflets in medium to blue-green, forming a dense, shrub-like mass. The plant is wide and mounded, 36 to 42 inches tall and 54 to 60 inches wide. At peak bloom dozens of golden spikes cover the broad mound; round seed pods follow later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Goldfinch thrives in the same sunny, lean, well-drained soil as lavender, and its golden spikes open just before lavender blooms, then its bushy blue-green foliage makes a sturdy backdrop behind lavender all summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun to part shade in lean to average, well-drained soil; the deep taproot makes it drought tolerant once established. Hardy in USDA zones 4-9. Choose a permanent spot, since established plants do not like to be moved; expect a couple of seasons to settle in, and cut back in late fall or leave the seed pods for winter interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Baptisia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Golden yellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue-green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wide, shrub-like mound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36–42 in tall × 54 in–5 ft wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4–9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun, part sun to part shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late-May\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Great\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67775631851816,"sku":"GLLF-PER-63D7D3C6-BR","price":21.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/american-goldfinch-false-indigo.jpg?v=1790864738","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/american-goldfinch-false-indigo-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}