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Scutellaria altissima |
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| | Early-fall rebloom - new blue among the seedpods of early summer |
| Common name |
tall skullcap |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-10) |
| Flowers |
purple |
| Size |
2-4' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed  |
germinates at room temperature
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early July |
I originally had this listed as Scutellaria woronowii, the name on the seed packet for which I traded. I was never quite sure of its identity, but two helpful comments (see below) convinced me it's in fact altissima. It's a fairly typical skullcap, one-sided flowerstalks of blue blooms over fresh-green serrated foliage. Meanwhile, I started plants from a seed lot actually labeled as altissima - we'll see if those plants look the same.
Not a lot of information out on the web, but from what I've found this is a nice one, with larger flowers than most skullcaps along slender stems.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, orchard nursery area Read about all the skullcaps in our garden Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Jane Stanley ( Ireland ) | Sep 19, 2004 | Hi Rob
The RHS Plantfinder lists Scutellaria woronowii as a synonym for Scutellaria albida ssp. colchica .
Regards
Jane ( congratulations on the excellent info and photos !) |
| David Slootmans | Aug 03, 2006 | Hi Rob , i recognise your Scutellaria as S.altissima.
a google search on this name gives some images
all the best David
Thanks David - Scutellaria definitely appears to be a confusing genus. |
| Pavel,Ukraine | Jun 28, 2008 | It's really S.altissima.S.woronowii has bracts more longer than tubes and unicolor pale-violet flowers.S.altissima has bicolor flowers as it's seen on the photos.Both species grows in Ukraine.S.altissima widely spread,S.woronowii only at Crimea peninsula(unique habitat)
Thanks Pavel - I've finally renamed the page. |
- Seed for 'S. woronowii' from '03 trade. Baggy, 70F (100%G, 8d)
- Seed from '07 trade. Baggy 65F (26%G, 11-16d)
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