Alpine scullcap "Dragotsennaja Rossyp"

Alpine scullcap "Dragotsennaja Rossyp"
Perennial plant with ascending stems 15-20 cm tall. The leaves are opposite, heart-shaped, pubescent. It blooms from May to July with violet-blue, white and pink flowers with a white throat. Fruits in August. Prefers lime-rich soils.

Agricultural technology.
Skullcap is unpretentious to soils, but requires a lighted, sunny place. Sowing for seedlings is carried out in mid-April, after a preliminary long-term stratification (keeping at a temperature of + 3 + 5 ° C for 2 weeks). Optimum germination temperature is +24+26°С, seedlings develop slowly. The plant is planted in the ground after frost. Further care consists in obligatory loosening, moderate watering and top dressing. It is not recommended to cut the skullcap for the winter.

Eng.: Alpine scullcap, alpine skullcap. Suom.: Alppivuohennokka. Sven.: Frossört.