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Common Names: Cherry Skullcap. Preferred Light Conditions: Full Sun/Part Shade. Height: 1′ – 2′. Spacing/Spread: 2′ – 4′. Evergreen: Yes. Color: Pink flowers. Interest: Summer. Texas Native: No, but particularly well adapted to central Texas and Austin.
13 cze 2023 · Scutellaria suffrutescens (pink skullcap) is known for its showy bloom of pink flowers. Despite one of its common names being the pink Texas skullcap, this herb is not native to Texas, but took off after its introduction due to its tolerance to droughts.
This heat and sun-loving, drought tolerant perennial blooms for months on end, providing bright color to the waterwise garden. Tiny, pink, snapdragon-like flowers cover the neat, compact mound of foliage. Ideal for xeriscapes. Versatile and useful in rock gardens, on dry hillsides or in containers.
Scutellaria suffrutescens 'Texas Rose' is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage. In summer pink flowers emerge. Features glossy texture. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and occasional water. Does well in average, gritty and well-drained soil.
Also known as skullcap, due to the shape of its seeds, or the ‘upside down salvia’, Scutellaria suffrutescens 'Texas Rose' forms mounds of neat foliage. These mounds are smothered by two-lipped, deep-pink flowers from midsummer, well into autumn.
This plant is probably the most underrated plant in my garden, I've never fertilized it and I often forget to water it, yet it blooms and looks lush. This delightful Mexican skullcap makes a wonderfully durable, attractive, and easy-to-grow gem for the rock garden. 14-year-old plant is ...Read More 8" tall x 18" wide.
Pink Skullcap. Scutellaria suffrutescens. Pink Skullcap is a very interesting plant in that it stays very low to the ground and spreads very slowly, almost like a molten lava flow moving slowly outward from the center. It’s extremely hardy; it takes our heat and drought very, very well.
