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Scutellaria ovata |
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| | Blooming in late May |
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| | Just planted in our Texas garden |
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| | Attractive crinkly foliage |
| Common name |
heart-leaf skullcap |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-8) |
| Flowers |
blue (summer) |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
part shade |
| Cultural notes |
needs sharply drained soil |
I like to try different skullcaps, but find most of them difficult to grow from seed. So it is with this one – when I tried to start them in Pennsylvania, I got a single seedling, and judging from online information, it's a bit of a finnicky plant, requiring excellent drainage, dry gritty soil, and part shade. Sure enough, I never got one through a full season. Fast-forward 15 years to our Texas garden, and I decided to try again, this time with a nursery-bought specimen. I kind of lost track of it for a while, and was surprised to find it blooming robustly a year later. Another year (and a brutal summer) later, it was on its way to claiming a broad patch of our back fence border. In all, I'm happy to have found a skullcap that likes Texas!
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| | Claiming a large patch two years after planting – presumably spreading by roots |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: back fence border, rock garden zone Read about all the skullcaps in our garden About my plant portraits
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- Seed from HPS/MAG '06/'07 exchange. Baggy 70F (24d) - 35F (39d) - 70F (5%G, 12d). Exposure to light did not result in additional germination.
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (8w) - 35F (8w) - 70F (6%G, 3d)
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