.png) Dracocephalum ruyschiana var. argunense
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- common names: dragon head
- flowering season: summer
- height: 6 to 12 inches
- Light requirements: sun
- Soil requirements: average; well drained
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: low and spreading
- How to propagate: tip cuttings in early summer; dividing in early summer
- Leaf type: narrow 1-inch long green leaves
- Ways to use it: in a rock garden, in the forefront of a flower bed, trailing over the edge of an embankment wall, or at the edge of a container garden
- Special characteristics: each flower is shaped like a tiny head with a gaping mouth
Known as dragon head, this six to twelve-inch tall perennial is long-flowering and undemanding. Light true-blue flowers appear from June to August. Ideal places to plant it would be in a rock garden or spilling over the lip of a rock wall, at the front of a flower garden, and as a perennial addition to a container garden. It has richly green narrow leaves. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 5, or Zone 4 with winter protection. It comes from Korea and neighboring areas of Russia. |
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