Hot Lips Turtlehead Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

Size: 2-3’ tall and 1-2.5’ Wide
Growth Habit: upright, clumping
Growth Rate: Moderate
Light Requirements: Part shade
Soil Requirements: moist to wet soils, nutrient rich
Appeal: Hot Lips Turtlehead is a nice perennial to add to the landscape that has an upright habit. Its flowers are pink and shaped like a turtles head, hence the name. The flowers bloom later in late summer to fall. It has dark green dense foliage at its base with the flowers rising slightly above on taller stems. Native and tolerates slightly wet soils.