White Turtlehead is a larval host for the Baltimore Checkerspot and other butterflies. It attracts hummingbirds and lots of other pollinators.
It's a non-aggressive, clump forming perennial with beautiful creamy white late-summer blooms with shiny, deep green leaves. These blooms continue into fall providing a brilliant garden display and late-season nectar.
Fun fact: The flower looks like a turtle's head (sort of...)
Turtlehead
SKU: CG01-SS
$10.00Price
1 Quart
- Latin: Chelone glabra
- Pollinator value: Very High
- Height: 2-3 feet; 2-foot spread
- Light: full sun to part shade
- Soil: moist
- Blooms: White, July-Oct
- Pair with: Blue Flag Iris, Blue Wild Indigo, Cardinal Flower
- Landscape: Rain garden, pond edge, wet meadow
- Resistance: Deer, wet
- Native range here