Well, it's a beauty, as are all the S. orientalis forms.  I have a few coming along into their third year, hopefully to see some bloom in 2010.

By the way, your avatar is a trifle obscure, can't discern you from the rocks in the plateau.  At least with my avatar, you get a sense of scale as I'm climbing into one of my arborescent croci. ;D

I've only grown one species so far - baicalensis.  Even with my abhorrent care, some bloomed the first year from seed.  By they way, you won't catch me calling members of this genus "scoots".  In my neck of the woods that is slang for a, ahem . . . temporary health malady.  ::)

It looks as though you've been swallowed by a snowdrop, Mark.  I guess that's one way to get a close, in depth look at bulbous material.
I assume you have a plan of escape already in the works. . .

I have not had great success with Scutellaria...most rot off over winter.  I did get three years from S. pontica so I am tempted to give this one another try.

Mine died but the one at the BG was at least alive last fall.  If it survives I'll collect seed.  This one originally came as seed from Panayoti.

I'm sure a couple few of us must, but I don't know of anyone in my Chapter that grows them.

If you all knew how many hundreds of Scutellaria pontica I have pulled: Gwen wanted me to get rid of it altogether, but I love that hot magenta, and always try to leave a few "Between a rock and a hard place": I try and collect every seed so they don't seed around, and no matter what I do hundreds show up every spring, insinuate themselves into the tightest buns and choice cushion plants (I end up destroying both cushion and Scutellaria trying to extract them)...it is infuriating!

Kelaidis wrote:

If you all knew how many hundreds of Scutellaria pontica I have pulled: Gwen wanted me to get rid of it altogether, but I love that hot magenta, and always try to leave a few "Between a rock and a hard place": I try and collect every seed so they don't seed around, and no matter what I do hundreds show up every spring, insinuate themselves into the tightest buns and choice cushion plants (I end up destroying both cushion and Scutellaria trying to extract them)...it is infuriating!

Kelaidis, what do you do with the seed? I have tried to sow quite a few species but never had any success. They don't germinate, maybe the seed are too old. But I never give up hope!

The Scutellaria genus certainly has a wide variety of leaf shapes.  Every species shown in this thread has different leaves.  The foliage of Scutellaria nevadensis orientalis subsp. sevanensis is sort of similar to a weed we call henbit.  In my haste, I almost pulled it out!

                    Scutellaria nevadensis orientalis subsp. sevanensis

You're right, Lori: clearly, it is not nevadensis/angustifolia ssp. micrantha.  Checking my records, I received it as Scutellaria sevanensis (how did that happen? ;D), and I see the valid name is actually Scutellaria orientalis subsp. sevanensis.  Duly noted, and thanks.

I had hoped Scutellaria baicalensis would be a little less gangly in its second year in the garden.  But no. The soil is very well drained, but richer than what might be best, and if it would only stop raining... Yesterday, I received and inch of rain in less than half an hour! But it does have good flower power.

Here is a little guy from south eastern Nevada and south western Utah that likes it dry. Scutellaria sapphirina used to be considered as a variety of Scutellaria nana but currently has species designation.
(Seed will be available on the seed exchange.)

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0903+0731
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SCSA6

It (S. sapphirina) travels. But unlike the fairly rampant (and also blue) S. brittonii and S. angustifolia, when it travels, it leaves its original home. So you think your little scutellaria you grew from Archibald seed is dead, and then, lo and behold, it's over there, and what you thought was bindweed was not.
S. pontica does not seem to be reliably perennial but it is, as Pk suggested, reliably ubiquitous. As is S. salviifolia. (100 free plants to the first person who comes over to dig them up. 200 free plants to ther second person.)
I still can't figure out why S. suffrutescens is called the "pink Texas skullcap". It's not from Texas. It's not really pink, either.

Bob

Judging from a couple photos taken in year 2000, I received some scoot-roots from Bob back in 1998, with fair warning they might take over my yard, or possibly the universe, Scutellaria sapphirina and S. angustifolia.  The former only lasted a couple years here, but S. angustifolia quickly escaped its home in a pot by ducking for cover and diving through the drainage holes.  It spread into an area that I use to hold potted plants, romping quietly through the top layer of bark mulch over hardpan subsoil.  Since its time above ground is brief, flowering late May or early June then retreating into dormancy, it has not caused much concern for its spread. In fact, it has only spread a couple meters in each direction, not nearly the threat something like Ajuga poses.  Thanks Bob, I'm always reminded of you when this little plant makes its appearance each spring.

Scutellaria angustifolia, in the first photo, the plant shamelessly making its escape from a pot:
 

James, good link for Scutellaria parvula missouriensis, I'm not as familiar with the many members of the genus in North America as I should be.  Never heard of Scutellaria leonardii either, nice markings on the flowers, there's seed and a couple photos on the Prairie Moon Nursery site:
http://www.prairiemoon.com/seeds/wildflowers-forbs/scutellaria-leonardii...

Update: I missed the fact that S. leonardii and S. parvula var. leonardii are synonyms of S. parvula var. missouriensis.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SCPAM

I wouldn't mind having Scutellaria angustifolia (or any other skullcap shown here) as a "weed"!