Chelone, Pink Turtlehead, Lyon's Turtlehead 'Hot Lips'

Found bunches of wild white/pink tinge Tur. Hds in wetland behind our camp; grabbed a couple & they didn't transplant well. Was early fal...Read Morel at Gren. Hs. & saw huge Pink Turtle Heads on sale for $4. a gallon pot 8 yrs. ago. But the bees struggling to get into those bright pink "snap-dragon type" blossoms had me grinning, and hooked. However, that single plant has been divided 4 times in those 8 yrs. as it grows huge within two yrs. So like my white bleeding & pink bleeding hearts, I've divided many times for my home & camp gardens & given away many of same. Both prefer afternoon shade, but my T.Hds. still bloom like crazy on the hot front garden, but are well watered when home from summer camp once a wk. And the bee "bump & grind" for this late summer plant still makes me laugh. It's a fun-loving sight of a late summer plant that is still nectar-producing for bees late in the season.
(With tiny late summer pink sedum, and off & on English Daisies as the skirts around them.) But they are a tad agressive as I found out after 3 yrs. before I started dividing (by best serrated knives in my house/bad girl/ a giant pick from a friend who helped me get out their extremely mounding dense root. (Surely lost a lot of newbies in the "rip up" as gently as we could. So, pay attention within 2 yrs. if lacking 3 ft. space, and divide this great late summer plant.
CeeKay from Z 4 a & b from VT.

This plant really comes into its own late in the season when not much else good is going on in my garden. The foliage is deep green and ...Read Morelooks nice all year. It slowly spreads when its happy but is by no means aggressive. This is a great plant.

Great plant! It is attractive to hummingbirds, butterlies and bees. I have three plants that are several years old. They maintain a ni...Read Morece shape and do not fall over in wind or rain. The foliage is very attractive.

This is a terrific plant - glossy dark green leaves first attracted me. Flowers are great & last a long time. Mine grow in full blastin...Read Moreg sun, and the soil is NOT consistently moist, but rather dry. Altogether a great late bloomer, good with cotinus Velvet Cloak, deep blue/purple aconitum, and shasta daisy Becky.