Dracocephalum rupestre - ALTAI DRAGONHEAD
True deep blue flowers, heart-shaped crinkled leaves.
Grows into small mound.
Heat, drought and looks like humidity tolerant, but most likely not a plant for deep south.
Used as a tea substitute.
Blooming Time: June (mid-summer)
Size: 9-12" tall and wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 7/8
Culture: full sun to half shade; average free draining soil to drained soil
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry, medium
Origin: native to China (provinces Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shanxi). Grows in the mountain meadows, slopes, or thinning sunnier forest, at elevations between 2290-10170 ft (700-3100 meters).
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Commons Wikimedia
Plant combinations: Front of the drier flower beds, rock gardens, crevices, drained soils. Meets with contrasting yellow Achillea 'Moonshine', Coreopsis, Oenothera, Rudbeckia missouriensis (and cultivars like 'Green-Eyed Lady'), or with the orange flowers of Asclepias tuberosa. Other good companions can be shorter cultivars of Echinacea, Erigeron pulchellus, Calamintha, Callirhoe, smaller Origanum, smaller Penstemon, Phlox subulata (and other creeping phloxes), Satureja montana, Scabiosa columbaria, Sedum, and many others. From grasses choose smaller grasses like Festuca, Koeleria, Sporobolus 'Tara', or short Schizachyrium scoparium cultivars.
Dracocephalum rupestre - ALTAI DRAGONHEAD
True deep blue flowers, heart-shaped crinkled leaves.
Grows into small mound.
Heat, drought and looks like humidity tolerant, but most likely not a plant for deep south.
Used as a tea substitute.
Blooming Time: June (mid-summer)
Size: 9-12" tall and wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 7/8
Culture: full sun to half shade; average free draining soil to drained soil
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry, medium
Origin: native to China (provinces Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shanxi). Grows in the mountain meadows, slopes, or thinning sunnier forest, at elevations between 2290-10170 ft (700-3100 meters).
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Commons Wikimedia
Plant combinations: Front of the drier flower beds, rock gardens, crevices, drained soils. Meets with contrasting yellow Achillea 'Moonshine', Coreopsis, Oenothera, Rudbeckia missouriensis (and cultivars like 'Green-Eyed Lady'), or with the orange flowers of Asclepias tuberosa. Other good companions can be shorter cultivars of Echinacea, Erigeron pulchellus, Calamintha, Callirhoe, smaller Origanum, smaller Penstemon, Phlox subulata (and other creeping phloxes), Satureja montana, Scabiosa columbaria, Sedum, and many others. From grasses choose smaller grasses like Festuca, Koeleria, Sporobolus 'Tara', or short Schizachyrium scoparium cultivars.