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Scutellaria suffrutescens |
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| Common name |
pink skullcap |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
purple (summer-fall) |
| Size |
8" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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Mounding species from Mexico, whose hardiness in our Pennsylvania garden was always in doubt. But I'll try a new skullcap anytime, and luckily this bloomed the year I started it from seed. Indeed it didn't survive winter, but luckily I had some seed left over and managed to get a couple more plants the following year. This time I planted them directly into the rock garden instead of in a nursery area, so that I could properly appreciate their charms. And these plants have plenty of charm: the smallest, glossiest leaves of any skullcap we've grown, which offset the rich rose flowers beautifully. Flowers start in late summer, and keep on coming until a hard freeze.
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| | 'Pink' two years after planting in our garden |
Now that we've moved to Texas, this should be reliably hardy for us. Nurseries here carry a cultivar simply named 'Pink', which forms a tight rounded mound with plenty of flowers. Its leaves look quite different from those of our seed-grown specimens, but pretty nonetheless. Our first attempt to establish one failed, but undaunted, I purchased another one, planted it in a well-drained part of the garden, and kept my fingers crossed. I'm happy to report it has stayed alive for two full years now, and has grown into a substantial mound.
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| | 'Pink' just after planting |
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| | Seedlings started in winter, starting to bloom in late May |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... Read about all the skullcaps in our garden About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Angela Culpepper | Jul 02, 2021 | Do you know of any source where I could purchase Pink Skull Cap seed? |
- Seed from NARGS '08/'09 exchange. Baggy 70F (40%G, 8-11d).
Also Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (20%G, 2-5d)
- Seed from '08 trade. Baggy 70F (41%G, 5-13d); another baggy 70F (54%G, 5-13d.
- Seed from NARGS '20/'21 exchange. Baggy 70F (68%G, 5-11d)
Cold treatment apparently not beneficial.
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