Skullcap Seeds - Hoary Skullcap

Expected to be back in stock by March 2025

Scutellaria incana

This hardy, mounding perennial with light violet-blue flowers will become a favorite in any native pollinator garden. A member of the mint family, Scutellaria incana is known as Hoary Skullcap or Downy skullcap. Skullcap got its name from the calyx of the flower, which is shaped like a helmet. Hoary Skullcap is native to most of the Eastern United States, stretching from Texas to Wisconsin, and Florida to New York. Hoary skullcap will bring lots of pollinators to your wildflower garden, but especially bumblebees!

Hoary skullcap prefers to grow in areas such as open meadows, clearings, and streams with dappled sunlight and well draining soil, but it will tolerate full sun if there is enough moisture. It can spread due to its rhizomes, so plant it in a container if you do not want it to spread. Hoary skullcap is deer and rabbit resistant because of its bitter tasting leaves. Once established, it is very hardy and will be fine with drought conditions and heat. Prefers moist, well drained soil but will tolerate clay, sandy, and poor soils.

Plant Height 3 feet. Deep shade to full sun. Hardy perennial. Mid to late summer blooming. Skullcap seeds should be cold-moist stratified for 60 days, then started indoors and planted out after the last frost. Sow shallowly. 

SMALL FARM GROWN by Wildbud Natives, Marshall, NC