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Chelone obliqua 'Armtipp02' ~ Tiny Tortuga Turtlehead

Chelone obliqua ‘Armtipp02’ ~ Tiny Tortuga Turtlehead

Original price was: $4.83.Current price is: $2.44.

SKU: PER-CHE-OBL-TINYTORTUGA-1G Category: Tag:

Description

Tiny Tortuga Turtlehead is a stiffly erect native herbaceous perennial with coarsely toothed lace-shaped foliage that emerges bronze and matures to dark green.  The hooded deep pink two lipped flowers bloom on tight spike-like terminals from late summer into fall.   Flowers best in part shade and consistently moist to wet rich well-drained acidic soils.  Tiny Tortuga is disease resistant.

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Eastern N. America; GA Native

Height: 

1′ – 1.5′

Spread: 

1.5’ – 2′

Spacing: 

1.5′

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 – 8

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Pink

Season of Interest: 

Summer, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Some susceptibility to mildew if soils too dry or lack air circulation.  May need staking if grown in too deep of shade.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Cardinal Flower, Marsh Marigold, Blue Flag

IMAGE: Photo by F. D. Richards, Tiny Tortuga Turtlehead, (2) Photoset by F. D. Richards, Chelone lyonii ‘Armtipp02’, 2018 photo (1)+(2), Chelone lyonii ‘Armtipp02’, 2015

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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