Regional Indiana Plants

Plant grows up to 2 ft tall

Also known as Lewis Flax or Prairie Flax

Flowers will bloom in 90-120 days

Plant seeds in early spring

 

Planting Instructions: Plant seeds 1/8 inch deep and 6-10 inches apart

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Cultural Uses: Cultivated today for its fiber and oil, blue flax is used by various indigenous groups to make items such as rope, string, fishing nets, and baskets

• Grows up to 30 ft tall as it is a vining plant, needs structure like a trellis

• Flowers only bloom for one day

• Plant during the spring once the ground is warm

• Can take years to bloom because a solid root structure is needed​

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Planting Instructions: Sow seeds 8-12 ft apart and 1/4 inches deep, keep soil moist at all times

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Uses: Attract beneficial pollinators to the garden, often taken medicinally for insomnia, anxiety, and muscle cramps

• Tree that grows 15-40 feet tall

• Fruit matures in 60-120 days

• Harvest ready when fruit is soft to the touch

• Seedling trees can take up to 10 years to bear fruit

• Known as the Indiana banana

• North America's largest native edible fruit

 

Planting Instructions: Plant seeds 1 inch deep and 8-15 ft apart

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Cooking: First cultivated by Native Americans, tastes like a mix between banana and mango, fruit consistency is like custard and contains many large dark seeds, commonly used like a banana in bread, pudding, as a topping