Chelone lyonii ("Hot Lips" Pink Turtlehead)
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Easily grown in rich, medium-wet soils. Prefers light shade but can tolerate deep shade.
SIZE: 2-4 ft. Spread: 1-3 ft.
FLOWERS: Tubular, deep pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
LARVAL HOST TO: Checkerspot butterflies
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , CT , MA , ME , MS , NC , NY , SC , TN , WV
Winner of the GreatPlants award, Chelone lyonii "Hot Lips" is a beautiful, clumping perennial that will add both color and interest to your landscape during the fall months. When most flowers are beginning to set seed, Pink Turtlehead is just starting to put on a show with abundant, hot pink, snapdragon-like blooms that rise above deep green foliage. Undemanding and virtually disease and pest free, this striking plant is at home in shady areas and makes a perfect addition to woodland, rain and bog gardens. Deer, wet soil and shade tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Easily grown in rich, medium-wet soils. Prefers light shade but can tolerate deep shade.
SIZE: 2-4 ft. Spread: 1-3 ft.
FLOWERS: Tubular, deep pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
LARVAL HOST TO: Checkerspot butterflies
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , CT , MA , ME , MS , NC , NY , SC , TN , WV
Winner of the GreatPlants award, Chelone lyonii "Hot Lips" is a beautiful, clumping perennial that will add both color and interest to your landscape during the fall months. When most flowers are beginning to set seed, Pink Turtlehead is just starting to put on a show with abundant, hot pink, snapdragon-like blooms that rise above deep green foliage. Undemanding and virtually disease and pest free, this striking plant is at home in shady areas and makes a perfect addition to woodland, rain and bog gardens. Deer, wet soil and shade tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Easily grown in rich, medium-wet soils. Prefers light shade but can tolerate deep shade.
SIZE: 2-4 ft. Spread: 1-3 ft.
FLOWERS: Tubular, deep pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
LARVAL HOST TO: Checkerspot butterflies
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , CT , MA , ME , MS , NC , NY , SC , TN , WV
Winner of the GreatPlants award, Chelone lyonii "Hot Lips" is a beautiful, clumping perennial that will add both color and interest to your landscape during the fall months. When most flowers are beginning to set seed, Pink Turtlehead is just starting to put on a show with abundant, hot pink, snapdragon-like blooms that rise above deep green foliage. Undemanding and virtually disease and pest free, this striking plant is at home in shady areas and makes a perfect addition to woodland, rain and bog gardens. Deer, wet soil and shade tolerant.