Hot Lips Turtlehead

Hot Lips Turtlehead. These leaves first emerge a dark golden brown before unfurling to their verdant green. Lyonii, or hot lips, is one of the more popular pink cultivars.

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' Kiefer Nursery Trees, Shrubs
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View this plant in a garden. For most of the season, red square stems are a truly noticeable feature and bronze green early season growth is very distinctive. Its glossy pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Lyonii, Or Hot Lips, Is One Of The More Popular Pink Cultivars.


Hot lips turtlehead has masses of beautiful hot pink hooded flowers at the ends of the stems from late summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. Its glossy pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season. Best grown in moist, rich, humusy, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade.

The Fruit Is Not Ornamentally Significant.


25 members have or want this plant for trade. Turtlehead is best planted in the spring or summer to give the plant time to establish itself. The flowers are excellent for cutting.

Turtlehead Chelone Lyonii Hot Lips Chelone (Rhymes With Baloney) Blooms In Late Summer With Turtlehead Shaped, Hot Pink Flowers.


It is native to wet woodland areas and streams in the southern appalachian mountains from virginia to south carolina and west to tennessee, northern mississippi and. Thotl (0 reviews) login to write a review. I'm almost embarassed by the title i chose for my blog today, as i know full well that there are areas of my country which desperately need the rain.

A Natural Plant For Wild Gardens And Those Composed Of Locally Native Species.


Hot lips turtlehead turtlehead hot lips (chelone) product id #: Moist to wet, well drained soil. Its glossy pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Its Glossy Pointy Leaves Remain Dark Green In Colour Throughout The Season.


It's saturday and time for my little six on saturday garden tour. The hot lips turtlehead is named both for the bright fuschia color of its blooms and for the shape of its unusual flowers, which look like the heads of snapping turtles. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

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