




Calamintha nepeta

Isodon longitubus

Hyssopus officinalis

Agastache hybrida

Salvia nemorosa

Helleborus orientalis

Helianthemum hybrida

Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

Caryopteris clandonensis

Erigeron karvinskianus

Achillea millefolium

Geranium versicolor

Helleborus orientalis

Gypsophila paniculata

Sidalcea

Lavandula angustifolia

Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium

Succisa pratensis

Hyssopus officinalis

Baptisia australis

Delphinium hybrida

Anemone hupehensis

Omphalodes verna

Anemone hybrida

Knautia macedonica

Gypsophila paniculata

Rudbeckia subtomentosa

Penstemon

Eryngium planum
Skullcap Bumblebee Blues is a completely undemanding perennial that even a complete beginner can manage to grow. Choosing the right location is key to successful cultivation. This plant thrives best in direct, hot sun and in poorer, well-draining soil. Sandy or gravelly soil is ideal. Definitely avoid heavy and waterlogged soils, as the plant rots in them over the winter. We recommend planting the seedlings in the spring or early autumn. For the plants in the flowerbed to connect beautifully and form a continuous canopy, keep a spacing of 30 to 40 centimeters, which corresponds to roughly seven to nine plants per square meter. Thanks to its lower growth of 20 to 40 centimeters, skullcap is great for edging drought-tolerant flowerbeds or pathways.
After planting, water the seedlings moderately until they reliably take root. Once the skullcap establishes itself, however, it becomes a very drought-tolerant plant that prefers dryness. Watering should therefore be truly minimal, even during hot summer days. The need for fertilizing is also completely eliminated. The plant is used to poor conditions, and over-fertilizing would conversely lead to leggy and weak growth. Thanks to its compact shape, skullcap does not require any support or tying up. A very common question is about growing in containers. You can safely grow skullcap in a pot or window box on a sunny terrace. Just use a light substrate mixed with sand and ensure a sufficient drainage layer at the bottom of the container for the rapid drainage of excess water.
During the summer, from June to September, the skullcap will reward you with a flood of blue-purple flowers that are a great attraction for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. These purely colored small flowers are also edible, so you can use them, for example, to decorate summer dishes. A huge advantage of this long-lived perennial is the complete absence of pests and diseases, so you don't have to deal with any spraying. In autumn, the plant dies back and has no winter effect. Skullcap is fully frost-resistant down to -28 °C, so it requires no special winter protection. The only maintenance is thus an early spring cutback, where, before the new shoots sprout, you simply cut all the old, dead stems just above the ground, encouraging healthy and dense growth for the next season.
The information given is based on our experience, please use it as a guide only. Times may vary depending on the season, climate, location, sowing and transplanting dates and possibly also the conditions in the greenhouse/greenhouse. We always recommend testing how the plant performs in your conditions. Please do not take this as a guarantee.
See how the seedling looks over the course of a year.



Scutellaria incana

Alchemilla mollis

Achillea millefolium

Verbena bonariensis

Salvia nemorosa

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Gaura lindheimeri

Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea pallida

Eryngium planum

Echinacea purpurea

Calamintha nepeta

Salvia nemorosa

Rudbeckia fulgida

Gaura lindheimeri

Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

Salvia nemorosa

Leucanthemum vulgare

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Achillea millefolium

Salvia nemorosa