Baikal Skullcap

In addition to being a striking bedding plant with bright green leaves and multiple large borage blue flowers, Baikal skullcap is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, where it has the name “huángqín.” The root is harvestable after the second year of growth, and is traditionally used as an antiallergic, diuretic, hypotensive, antibacterial, antiviral, tranquilizer, fever-reducer, as well as for the treatment of dysentery, hepatitis, and staph.