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Scutellaria longifolia |
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| | 'Purple Fountains' |
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| | Plain species, just planted |
| Common name |
skullcap |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z9-11) |
| Flowers |
blue or magenta (spring-summer) |
| Size |
8-12" |
The cultivar 'Purple Fountains' boasts striking hot-pink tubular flowers on a perennial with a trailing habit. Glossy mid-green leaves. Much more tender than the skullcaps we used to grow in Pennsylvania. I didn't recognize it as a scutellaria at all when I spotted it at my local nursery, but was happy to give it a try. Unfortunately, it didn't survive past its first winter. A couple years later, I'm trying another plant, this one just labeled as the species, and with a different look to both its leaves and its flowers (which are dark blue).
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: foundation border About my plant portraits
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