Search results
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.
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.
Pink skullcap is indeed a perennial plant. This means that it will come back year after year, providing you with its beautiful blooms for an extended period of time. As a gardening and landscaping expert, I have had the pleasure of growing pink skullcap in my own garden, and I can attest to its enduring nature.
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.
Also known as skullcap, due to the shape of its seeds, or the ‘upside down salvia ’, Scutellaria scordifolia forms mounds of neat foliage, which become smothered by two-lipped, open mouthed purple-blue flowers in summer.
Scutellaria suffrutescens, commonly known as skullcap, is a low-growing, woody-based, herbaceous perennial in the mint family. It features tiny, tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like, pink to rose flowers, to ¾ inch which bloom non-stop from May to October atop square stems clad with small, oval-rounded, thyme-like, gray-green foliage.
Pink Texas Skullcap (Scutellaria suffrutescens) General Plant Information (Edit) Plant Habit: Shrub. Life cycle: Perennial. Sun Requirements: Full Sun. Full Sun to Partial Shade.
