About
A medium-sized, evergreen shrub or small tree from the mountains of Mexico with broadly ovate to elliptic, leathery, mid-green leaves and racemes of small, white to pink, urn-shaped flowers, followed by small, dark, edible berries. A botanical curiosity for warm, sheltered, mild garden conditions or a cool glasshouse.
About the genus
Scutellaria are annuals, herbaceous perennials or sub-shrubs with opposite pairs of leaves and blue, violet, yellow or white, two-lipped, tubular flowers borne in the leaf axils or in terminal spikes
Plant details
Suggested usesBedding, containers, hanging baskets.
Care notes
CultivationPlant after last frost in fertile soil.
PruningDeadhead regularly.
PropagationGrow from seed in spring.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.