Scutellaria scordiifolia 'Seoul Sapphire'
Scorium-leaved skullcap
Also known as Scutellaria 'Seoul Sapphire'
- Height × spread
- 0.25m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A chunky low-growing and spreading plant that has small rather pretty leaves coloured mid-green with neat forward-pointing small lobes and noticeable impressed veins. This quiet foliage is a good backdrop for the long summer and early autumn floral display. It produces many blue flowers that are held in clusters. They form elongated funnels with long tapering throats coloured mauve-pink. The funnels open to large lips, slightly hooded and generally held pendulously. The flowers open from neat brown oblong calyces. Give this a dry and sunny spot although it is a tough plant that grows in exposed areas in some cold countries that include Siberia and Mongolia.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Mauve
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Wild flower meadow
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
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