🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🌱 Self Heal
Prunella vulgaris
medicinal_herbs
perennial
Lamiaceae
☀️ Sun
Full sun to partial shade
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
4–9
🧪 Soil pH
6.0–7.5
🪴 Soil Type
Moist, average loam
🚿 Drainage
Moist, well-drained
📏 Spacing
12–18 inches
📐 Height
6–18 inches
⏱️ Maturity
90–120 days
🤝 Companions (11)
🤝 Calendula
Skin remedy garden pairing
🤝 Chickweed
Traditional spring-healing herb companion
🤝 Clover
Living mulch, nitrogen fixation
🤝 Clover
Self heal thrives in lawns with clover as companion
🤝 Lemon Balm
Mint family, shared growing conditions
🤝 Mint
Mint family companion, similar moisture needs
🤝 Plantain
Wound-healing herb combination
🤝 Violet
Shade-tolerant, moist soil pairing
🤝 Violet
Low-growing medicinal groundcovers for partial shade
🤝 Yarrow
Wound-healing synergy
🤝 Yarrow
Both traditional wound herbs; different heights
⚠️ Keep Apart (6)
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Lavender
Too dry for self-heal
⚠️ Rosemary
Prefer arid conditions
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees
📝 Growing Notes
Low-growing mint family herb with purple flower spikes. Often found as a 'weed' in lawns — spreads by creeping stolons. Makes an excellent ground cover in orchard or forest garden understories. Harvest flowering tops for medicine. Mild, pleasant taste; one of the more palatable medicinal herbs.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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