Not all native plants are unruly and wild-looking. Some are neat and tidy and fit well into a conventional perennial garden. False indigo, Baptisia sp., is one example of how a wild plant can be used ...

For millennia, fresh cut Indigofera tinctorum was beaten with water and lime to yield the blue dye known as indigo. This is the indigo of the American flag field of stars. It is the signature color of ...