Name: Turtlehead, Snakeshead
Brand: NVK Nurseries
SKU: 1769-1LTR
Price: 10.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

Chelone glabra

This upright perennial bears white flowers in fall.

White flowers are produced in fall, providing colour through the bloom season.
Upright clump, reaching 90 cm at maturity; divide every three to four years to maintain vigour.
Best in full sun to partial shade to full shade with moist, average, wet soil.

Size

1 litre

1 gal

50 plugs per tray

72 plugs per tray

$10.00

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Quantity

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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight

Full sun, Partial shade, Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist, Average, Wet

Hardiness Zone

5 – 5

Mature Height (meters)

0.6 – 0.9

Mature Spread (meters)

0.4 – 0.5

Growth Rate

Medium

Flower Colour

White

Foliage Colour

Green

Bloom Time

Fall

Habit

Upright

Deer Resistant

✓

Rabbit Resistant

✓

Pollinator Friendly

✓

Ontario Native

✓

Landscape Uses

Border, Rain garden, Accent, Mass planting

Growing & Maintenance Tips

Grows best in a moist to wet, rich, humus soil, in partial shade. Naturally found in moist meadows, along stream banks or in swamps. Chelone will benefit from a midsummer pruning to promote a more compact plant and better branching habit.

Notes

Native to Ontario Genus name is derived from the Greek word chelone meaning 'tortoise'.