Beginner Gardening: Perennials that are 4 ft tall in zone 5 by now- not shrubs, 1 by joza

joza wrote:
Have you tried Turtle Head? Ours gets to be about 3 to 3.5 feet tall with hundreds of pink flowers that look similar to snap dragon flowers. When the plant isn't flowering it's a nice clean vertical element, they start to flower for us in late June all the way through July. But I do have to warn you, it spreads fairly quickly. What started out in a half gallon container, after about 5 years can now easily fill the back of a full size pickup truck. Solidly. Beautiful none the less.

The image I've attached has Turtle Head in the foreground, it's about 3 feet tall. Took that picture this past Saturday morning.

This message was edited Jun 1, 2010 3:34 PM