Chelone 'Hot Lips' Pink Turtlehead Plant | Native Perennial | Hummingbird & Pollinator Friendly | Shade Garden | 3.5" Live Plant

Add late-season color to your garden with Chelone 'Hot Lips', a native perennial known for its vibrant rosy-pink, turtle-shaped flowers and glossy green foliage. Blooming from late summer into fall, this plant attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators when many other perennials have finished flowering.

Its upright clumping habit and preference for moist soils make it ideal for shade gardens, woodland borders, rain gardens, and areas near ponds or streams. This herbaceous perennial is easy to grow and long-lived, providing reliable beauty year after year.

Key Features

• Botanical Name: Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
• Common Name: Pink Turtlehead
• Life Cycle: Herbaceous Perennial
• Flower Color: Hot Rosy Pink
• Foliage: Glossy Deep Green
• Plant Height: 24–48 inches
• Spread: 18–30 inches
• Bloom Season: Late Summer to Fall
• Growth Habit: Upright Clumping
• Light Requirements: Part Shade to Full Sun
• Water Needs: Moderate to High; prefers moist soil
• Hardiness Zones: 3–8
• Features: Native Plant, Pollinator Friendly, Hummingbird Attractor, Deer Resistant

Uses

Shade Gardens
Rain Gardens
Woodland Borders
Pond & Stream Edges
Cottage Gardens
Cut Flower Arrangements

Planting Partners

• Astilbe – Similar moisture requirements and contrasting flower plumes
• Lobelia cardinalis – Brilliant red flowers for hummingbirds
• Echinacea – Extends pollinator interest
• Carex – Adds soft grassy texture
• Ferns – Perfect woodland companions

Care Tips

• Prefers consistently moist, rich soil.
• Thrives in part shade but tolerates full sun with adequate moisture.
• Water regularly during dry periods.
• Mulch to help retain soil moisture.
• Cut back spent stems in late winter or early spring.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.