Amorpha fruticosa - Desert false indigo

Pests Amorpha fruticosa : Avoid pesticide treatments if we do not see parasites on the plant; on the contrary at the end of the year we can apply a Bordeaux mixture treatment, to prevent the growth of fungus.

continental : Waterings for the Amorpha fruticosa will be frequent in spring and summer and more occasional in autumn and almost suspended in winter. We remind that it is a rule to avoid the supply of water if the soil is still humid.

alpine : Waterings will be regular and generous, specially in summer, remember to allow the substrate to dry out between two waterings. In winter waterings can be suspended.

mediterranean : Supply water regularly during vegetative period, when the soil is very dry; when temperatures decrease we can decrease waterings and suspend them in winter.

continental : Grow the Amorpha fruticosa away from direct sunlight, in a semishady location.
This is a very rustic garden plant, that should not have problems even in case of very intense frosts.

alpine : These plants like few hours a day of sunlight, therefore place them in a location where they are exposed to a filtered sunlight or that are shaded for few hours a day.
The Amorpha fruticosa is very rustic and can be grown in the garden all year long; it does not suffer from even intense frosts.

mediterranean : These plants need to be placed in semishady locations for most part of the day.
The Amorpha fruticosa does not suffer from cold and frost; this is a plant that can be grown in the garden all year long.

Fertilize Amorpha fruticosa : Shrubs fertilizing is given at the end of winter and at the end of summer, by burying at the base of the trunk a granular fertilizer or preferably a ripe organic fertilizer.