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Turtlehead Hot lips in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

 

Turtlehead 'Hot lips'

Chelone are herbaceous clump-forming perennials that have undivided, paired leaves and from late Summer to early Autumn short spires of 2-lipped, tubular flowers. 'Hot Lips' has red-stemmed foliage that emerges bronze-green, then darkens. In late Summer and early Autumn rose-pink turtlehead flowers appear deep green foliage is topped in August and September with rose pink, turtle-head-shaped flowers.

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plant Features
  • Turtlehead Hot lips likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Turtlehead Hot lips likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Turtlehead Hot lips is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Turtlehead Hot lips likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Turtlehead 'Hot lips'

Latin name

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Plantaginaceae

ph

5.0 - 6.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Turtlehead Hot lips likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Turtlehead Hot lips is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Turtlehead Hot lips likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

  • Water

    Turtlehead Hot lips likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Turtlehead Hot lips is 0.45meters x 1.00meters 0.45 M 1.00 M

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

Chelone are herbaceous clump-forming perennials that have undivided, paired leaves and from late Summer to early Autumn short spires of 2-lipped, tubular flowers. 'Hot Lips' has red-stemmed foliage that emerges bronze-green, then darkens. In late Summer and early Autumn rose-pink turtlehead flowers appear deep green foliage is topped in August and September with rose pink, turtle-head-shaped flowers.


Flowering

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

The flowers of Chelone appear in late Summer to early Autumn

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Plant in Spring in a shady or part-shady spot with moist, rich, slightly acid soil

 

Propagating by division

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Using a fork dig up plant, trying to keep the root ball as complete as possible. Split the root ball at the centre with a sharp knife or a spade, or by placing two garden forks back-to-back into the middle of the root ball, and pushing the fork handles apart.to lever the root ball apart. Replant the new clumps to the same depth as the original, and water well. Keep well watered until established.

 
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