Wild Indigo Shrub, aka River Locust, is a favorite plant in the Garfield Community Farm food forest. It’s a nitrogen fixing shrub that enriches soil and helps other plants thrive. It doesn’t provide any food for people, but it does support tiny pollinator insects, birds and other wildlife. Plant in your wild edges and zone 4 food-forest.
Wild Indigo Shrub, aka River Locust, is a favorite plant in the Garfield Community Farm food forest. It’s a nitrogen fixing shrub that enriches soil and helps other plants thrive. It doesn’t provide any food for people, but it does support tiny pollinator insects, birds and other wildlife. Plant in your wild edges and zone 4 food-forest.