{"id":2416,"date":"2012-08-08T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2012-08-03T18:04:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T22:04:30","slug":"%e2%80%98hot-lips%e2%80%99-turtlehead-%e2%80%93-a-late-summer-flowering-native","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/08\/08\/%e2%80%98hot-lips%e2%80%99-turtlehead-%e2%80%93-a-late-summer-flowering-native\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hot Lips\u2019 Turtlehead \u2013 A Late Summer Flowering Native"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2417\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chelone-.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2417\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2417\" title=\"Chelone =\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chelone--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chelone--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chelone--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chelone-.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turtlehead (Chelone) in late August<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Turtlehead (<em>Chelone spp<\/em>.) is a U.S. native. Turtle-head shaped flowers appear in August and September. The 1 inch flowers open from bottom to top along the stem (s). Colors vary from\u00a0bright white, creamy white, and white tinged with pink (depending on species and cultivar grown).<\/p>\n<p>Pink turtlehead (<em>C. lyonii<\/em> ) is native to the Southern Appalachian\u00a0 region (USDA zones 5-8) and is an upright, clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial. It typically grows 2-4&#8242; tall on stiff, square stems. New leaves emerge bronze green in early spring and quickly turns dark green. Full leaves are coarsely-toothed\u00a0and\u00a0up to 6 inches long.<\/p>\n<p>Turtlehead grows\u00a0sturdy in a compost rich, medium to wet soil in full\u00a0or partial sunlight (6-hours minimum). Plants become floppy\u00a0when grown in part to deep shade and\u00a0often require staking. Be wary that turtlehead disperses seeds around the garden. No disease and pest problems are generally the rule, but powdery mildew\u00a0may pop up if turtlehead becomes stressed out in dry soils or air circulation around plants is poor.<\/p>\n<p>Butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators are attracted to turtlehead, and the plants are deer resistant. &#8216;Hot Lips&#8217; turtlehead is an outstanding selection of <em>C. lyonii<\/em> with dark green foliage and knockout deep pink colored flowers. \u2018Hot Lips\u2019 stands 2-3 feet tall on sturdy deep red stems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turtlehead (Chelone spp.) is a U.S. native. Turtle-head shaped flowers appear in August and September. The 1 inch flowers open from bottom to top along the stem (s). Colors vary from\u00a0bright white, creamy white, and white tinged with pink (depending on species and cultivar grown). Pink turtlehead (C. lyonii ) is native to the Southern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,747,749,778,674,774,745,627,625,630,706,646,835,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/3456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}