Mystic Meadows Gardens

White Turtlehead - Chelone glabra

White Turtlehead - Chelone glabra

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Native Perennial (to all NE States) has pretty white blossoms  July-September which resemble a turtle head poking out from its shell.  Can grow up to 5'Tall

Host plant (provides larval food) for the lovely orange and brown  Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly.

Its nectar also attracts other butterflies, bumblebees, and ruby-throated hummingbirds. 

Prefers: Full to Part Sun, wet to moist soils  The plants have deep green foliage of lance-shaped leaves on upright stems and grow to 5 feet tall. They make a good choice for border and wet meadow plantings and will provide for a late summer bloom.

Companion Plants:

Rose Milkweed-Sneezeweed Purple Coneflower-Wild Bergamot-Great Blue Lobelia-Meadow Blazing Star-Eastern Star Sedge-Canada Anemone-Golden Alexander-Virginia Blue Bells,-Cardinal Flower-

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