General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 65 to 85°
Days to germinate: 21 to 60
Other info: Flowers first year from seed.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Baikal Skullcap
  • Skullcap
  • Chinese Scullcap
  • Golden Root
  • Helmet Flower

Photo Gallery
Location: St Louis
Date: 2022-07-10
Location: Main Botanical Garden at the Academy of Sciences in Moscow
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2020-03-09
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-07-08
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-02-28
Chinese Skullcap or Baikal Skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis) see
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-08-08
Location: St Louis
Date: 2019-07-07

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-07-08

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: St Louis
Date: 2019-07-07
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2009-11-24
Fall color
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 2, 2011 2:35 AM concerning plant:
    From Eastern Asia - erect single stems bearing many flowers.
    Good in a border's forefront.
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chelle On February 16, 2015 Seeds sown
Room temp. with minimal GA3.
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