Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Perennial
Bloom colour: White or cream
Blooms: June-Aug
Height: 2-3 feet
Light: Full to part sun
Soil: Wet or moist, all soil types
Hardiness Zone 3-8 (click here to find your plant hardiness zone)
Turtlehead attracts: Butterflies, hummingbirds, native bees and is deer and rabbit resistant! What more could you want, really....?
AND it is a host plant for: Baltimore Checkerspot butterflies. Wow!
Turtlehead is found in wetland areas, stream banks, ditches, meadows and woodlands so it will do well in a very moist or irrigated garden. Tubular flowers look like turtles heads, hence the name! It prefers slightly acidic soil so you might want to add some compost.
