{"product_id":"wild-blue-indigo-1-quart","title":"Wild Blue Indigo— 1 Quart","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003eLight Requirements\u003cbr\u003e•    Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) to partial shade (2 to 6 hours of direct sunlight).\u003cbr\u003e•    \u003cem\u003eNote on performance: Best blooming occurs in full sun; plants grown in the shade tend to get leggy and droop over.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoil Preference\u003cbr\u003e•    Prefers average, well-drained soil with an acidic pH (\u0026lt; 6.0).\u003cbr\u003e•    Highly adaptable to clay, poor soils, dry soil, and shallow-rocky soils.\u003cbr\u003e•    Can handle occasionally wet drainage conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWildlife Benefit\u003cbr\u003e•    Pollinator Forage: The spring and summer flowers strongly attract butterflies, bees (such as bumblebees), and hummingbirds.\u003cbr\u003e•    Larval Host: Acts as a host plant supporting a wide variety of butterfly larvae, including the Orange Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur, Frosted Elfin, Eastern Tailed Blue, Hoary Edge, and Wild Indigo Duskywing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman Uses\u003cbr\u003e•    Ethnobotanical Dye: Historically used by indigenous people to produce a high-quality blue dye nearly comparable to true indigo.\u003cbr\u003e•    Floral Arrangements \u0026amp; Crafts: Ripe, black seed pods and stems are heavily valued for ornamental and dried flower arrangements; historically, the dry pods were used as children's rattles.\u003cbr\u003e•    Landscape Design: Functions well as an accent, border, or mass planting in butterfly, children’s, drought-tolerant, rain, and cottage gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResistance to Challenges\u003cbr\u003e•    Foraging Mammals: Highly resistant to damage by deer and rabbits.\u003cbr\u003e•    Environmental Pressures: Possesses deep taproots making it highly drought and dry-soil tolerant; also resistant to salt, soil erosion, and fire (medium flammability rating).\u003cbr\u003e•    Pests\/Diseases: Very resilient with no major insect or disease problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistlebird Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49192969142515,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/9635\/0963\/files\/WildBlueIndigo-1.jpg?v=1786360963","url":"https:\/\/thistlebirdfarm.com\/products\/wild-blue-indigo-1-quart","provider":"Thistlebird Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}