I googled "growing skullcap" and found lots of info. Here's one link out of many.

Sorry! I bought a Pink Texas Skullcap (Scutellaria suffrutescens).

D, I can't help you, I can't grow it either and my soil sounds like yours. I haven't tried it in a container

I always presumed the different kinds of skullcaps were related and sure didn't know any of them had medicinal uses so enjoyed reading about that.

I have a taller purple one, but mostly the pink ones (Scutellaria suffrutescens) which are sometimes called 'Shrubby skullaps'. They are in raised beds with good soil, get dappled shade most of the day with a little full sun in the late afternoons, and do not like to get too dry. So I guess the needs are similar among the different forms. I really like the fact that the 'Shrubby skullcaps' are evergreen, make a neat fully packed mound, and bloom all summer.

'Shrubby skullaps' are Scutellaria wrightii. :-(

Schumakers Nursery use to be lined with mounds of them as you walked into the greenhouse area. I thought they were beautiful. I tried to grow them in Rockport, but they did not survive. Barbra,

I'm getting an education in Skullcaps! LOL Just looked up 'shrubby skullcap' and it is the purple one. So what I have is Scutellaria suffrutescens after all. Well, they ARE thickly foliaged and 'shrubby' :-) I hope you can keep it going because it is a beautiful plant.

From my experience with having some dying in other locations I think they need well drained soil and require some irrigation in the heat of the summer.

Hi Donna, I am also in zone 9, and I have purple skullcap Scutellaria javanica 'Veranda'. It has been absolutely care free. It is planted in amended, well drained soil. It gets about 6 hrs. of sun most of the year. It has formed a mound about 2ft. across and 15" high. The blooms don't stand up as well as I would like, but it is still a nice plant.
Jim

I too have tried to grow them several times here in Rockport, and they always die. I gave up on them.

Hi Donna ! How ARE you ???

I love skullcaps and always gotta have a new one when I see one. Sometimes at the swaps, and sometimes at the nurseries. Love 'em ! They do like to be dry. I rarely give mine any supplemental water.

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patty