Chelone obliqua Tiny Tortuga™ 'Armitpp02'
Common: turtlehead — PP25350Chelone obliqua 'Tiny Tortuga' PPAF - 72 per flat
- Height: 18"-24"
- Spread: 12"-16"
- Spacing: 12"
- Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9
Chelone obliqua 'Tiny Tortuga' PPAF - 72 per flat
A tiny turtlehead with all the flower power of its taller brothers, this native cultivar features uniquely shaped, hot pink blooms atop lustrous dark green leaves with a bronzy sheen. Flowers reminiscent of turtles' mouths persist from mid-summer into fall, a favorite of butterflies but distasteful to deer. Its very compact habit is a great choice for mixed containers, or let it spread ever so slowly in the landscape along pond and stream edges, rain gardens or perennial borders.
Chelone (rhymes with "baloney") was a nymph in Greek mythology who insulted the gods by ridiculing or not attending (versions vary) the marriage of Zeus to Hera. The gods punished her by turning her into a turtle.