How to Trim My Pink Turtlehead Back in the Fall

Chelone obliqua var. obliqua, or red turtlehead, is an extremely rare Tennessee native plant, historically found only in three counties. The beautiful rose pink flowers begin to bloom in early fall and continue to bloom until mid fall. The open flowers require a large pollinator like bumblebees and hummingbirds to force the petals apart and thus access the nectar and pollen. The plants pictured here were propagated from seeds collected from an extremely imperiled population that was found by All

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