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Chelone 'Tiny Tortuga'


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A compact turtlehead with pink flowers in summer with a great name: 'Tiny Tortuga'.


Description:
Chelone 'Tiny Tortuga' is a cute variety of turtlehead is more compact and grows to only 16 inches. Hot pink flowers will top the stems from early summer to fall. Easy to grow. Performs best in evenly moist conditions with fertile loamy soil with abundant organic matter.


Common Name: Turtlehead

Family: Scrophulariaceae (The Figwort Family)

Zone Hardiness: 3-8

Light: Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Sun, Full Shade

Height: 12-24"

Width: 8-12"

Primary Bloom Colour: Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour:

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Late Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Wet

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries: No

Benefits: Butterflies

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Wet to moist floodplain forests, swamps, soggy meadows and thickets, and partially shaded seeps and springs

Award: AGM

Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

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