This small shrub has mutable stems that form a clump with arching branches that form a bushy habit. It has glossy green divided fern-like leaves and the white pea-like flowers are suffused with pink and appear in a spike from mid to late summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Indigofera decora is naturally found from Japan to China growing in well drained, fertile sandy to clay loam that is moist with ample organic matter. It prefers a open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant. 

Chinese Indigo is grown for its flowers and spreading habit. It is planted as a low border or used in rockeries and can be trim to form a small hedge. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions establishing in 3-4 years and is moderately long lived. This shrub is also grown in containers and during winter it may die back to the base then re-shoot again during spring. This shrub grows in a wide range of climate zones and in some regions it has become a weed. ID 562

Indigofera (in-di-GO-fe-ra) decora (de-KŌ-ra)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)