selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
RHS Plants for Pollinators
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Foliage color
- Gray-green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) is a perennial for borders, pollinator gardens, and ground cover. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist soil of most types. Bumblebees and butterflies favor its purple flower spikes. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. In hot areas, give it a spot that is protected from afternoon sun.
Pairs well with New England aster, Standing Ovation little bluestem, and Trumpet honeysuckle.
Native range
North America, Central America, Caribbean, Europe, and 44 more places. See all 48
North America, Central America, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Azores, Baleares, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Føroyar, Hainan, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Madeira, Manchuria, NW. Balkan Pen., Nansei-shoto, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Xinjiang, and Yakutiya.