White Turtlehead
Features: This native perennial gets its name from the shape of its unusual flowers, which resemble the heads of snapping turtles. It's a good choice for heavy, wet soils and spreads to form dense colonies of upright stems bearing white flowers from late summer into fall.
Uses: Its height makes it an ideal plant for growing at the back of borders. They are particularly valued for their late flowers, produced in the season when many other perennials have gone to seed. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and other insects. In addition provides great cover for wildlife and nesting birds. The foliage is bitter and usually avoided by deer.
Scientific Name: Chelone glabra L.
Family: Figwort (Scrophulariaceae)
Common Name: White Turtlehead
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-8
Height: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Spread: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Exposure: Full Sun to Full Shade
Moisture: Saturated, Moist, Moderately Moist; Temporary flooding is tolerated; if used in border do not let dry out between waterings
Ph Balance: 5-7
Characteristics: Native; Showy Flowers; Showy Foliage
Foliage: Herbaceous; Smooth-Textured; Dark Green
Bloom Time: Mid Summer; Late Summer/Early Fall; Mid Fall; Blooms for at least 4 weeks and will continue with deadheading
Flower Color: White.. also Pink(lyonii); Purple/Lavender(obliqua)
Landscape Use: Beds and Borders, Waterside, shade or woodland gardens, Bog gardens, Pond or water garden peripheries
Great companion plants: rayflowers, rose mallow, astilbe, blue lobelia, cardinal flower, flag iris,various sedges,Ligularia, Petasites, Senecio aureus, & Caltha palustris
Care: Grow in partial shade with moist soil. Will grow in dense shade, or even in full sun if soil is soggy. Tolerates heavy clay soils and will also grow in a bog garden. Follow flowering it should be cut down to the ground. Consider pinching back the stem ends in spring to reduce mature plant height so subsequent staking is not needed
Liabilities: Sometimes will have problems with powdery mildew, rust, or fungal leaf spots. Damage from slugs and snails.
Sources for my information includes Fine gardening, Dave's Garden, Illinois Wildflowers, Plantsmen,& American Beauty Native Plants
Visit my website for many of your outdoor needs including outdoor wooden furniture, garden outdoor fountains, outdoor candle lanterns, garden wind chimes and much more
Other postings that may be of interest:
8 Plants that Flower in the Winter
Great Fall Plants for your Containers and Planters
Plant of the Month - August
Features: This native perennial gets its name from the shape of its unusual flowers, which resemble the heads of snapping turtles. It's a good choice for heavy, wet soils and spreads to form dense colonies of upright stems bearing white flowers from late summer into fall.
Uses: Its height makes it an ideal plant for growing at the back of borders. They are particularly valued for their late flowers, produced in the season when many other perennials have gone to seed. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and other insects. In addition provides great cover for wildlife and nesting birds. The foliage is bitter and usually avoided by deer.
Scientific Name: Chelone glabra L.
Family: Figwort (Scrophulariaceae)
Common Name: White Turtlehead
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-8
Height: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Spread: 1 ft. to 3 ft.
Exposure: Full Sun to Full Shade
Moisture: Saturated, Moist, Moderately Moist; Temporary flooding is tolerated; if used in border do not let dry out between waterings
Ph Balance: 5-7
Characteristics: Native; Showy Flowers; Showy Foliage
Foliage: Herbaceous; Smooth-Textured; Dark Green
Bloom Time: Mid Summer; Late Summer/Early Fall; Mid Fall; Blooms for at least 4 weeks and will continue with deadheading
Flower Color: White.. also Pink(lyonii); Purple/Lavender(obliqua)
Landscape Use: Beds and Borders, Waterside, shade or woodland gardens, Bog gardens, Pond or water garden peripheries
Great companion plants: rayflowers, rose mallow, astilbe, blue lobelia, cardinal flower, flag iris,various sedges,Ligularia, Petasites, Senecio aureus, & Caltha palustris
Care: Grow in partial shade with moist soil. Will grow in dense shade, or even in full sun if soil is soggy. Tolerates heavy clay soils and will also grow in a bog garden. Follow flowering it should be cut down to the ground. Consider pinching back the stem ends in spring to reduce mature plant height so subsequent staking is not needed
Liabilities: Sometimes will have problems with powdery mildew, rust, or fungal leaf spots. Damage from slugs and snails.
Sources for my information includes Fine gardening, Dave's Garden, Illinois Wildflowers, Plantsmen,& American Beauty Native Plants
Visit my website for many of your outdoor needs including outdoor wooden furniture, garden outdoor fountains, outdoor candle lanterns, garden wind chimes and much more
Other postings that may be of interest:
8 Plants that Flower in the Winter
Great Fall Plants for your Containers and Planters
Plant of the Month - August
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