Amorpha georgiana Liberty Iran each with 7-13 long leaflets

each with 7-13 long leaflets

Digitalis purpurea

a natural hybrid from Kendall County

starting for us in mid-June with 32" tall stalks of 4" wide purple-petalled flowers

Amorpha georgiana Liberty Iran each with 7-13 long leafletsWe are pleased to share Amorpha georgiana, a very rare (G3 rarity rank) southeastern US native subshrub. Georgia leadplant makes an excellent garden specimen, endemic to only to a handful of moist, acidic, sandy, open woodland sites in the Coastal Plain region of NC, SC, and Georgia. Most extinct populations were lost due to habitat conversion to farming, forestry, and fire suppression. In the garden, it has thrived for us in heavily amended sandy