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Spiranthes cernua 'Tightlips'
Tightlips Nodding Lady's Tresses Orchid
Item #: 16987
Zones: 6a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Spiranthes cernua 'Tightlips' is a 2025 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of an Adam Black collection from his property in Brazos County, Texas. Nodding Lady's Tresses Orchid has a wide native range from Maine south to Texas, so this is from the hottest part of its native range. Growing naturally in fields and roadsides, as well as in bogs and marshes, it is quite adaptable in the garden. The small semi-evergreen rosettes give rise to 18" tall, twisted stalks of small white flowers, starting for us in October. In this form, the lips of the flowers are puckered tightly together.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Spiranthes
Flower Color: White/Cream
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Fall
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Fairy Garden Plants , Gnome Gardens , Green Roofs , Night Gardens , White Garden
Other: Fragrant Foliage Plants , Bog Garden Plants , Cut Flower Plants , Florida Native Plants , Fragrant Flowers , Georgia native plants , Pollinator Plants , North American Native Plants , North Carolina Native Plants , Plant Delights Introductions , Rain Garden Plants , Texas Native Plants , Tropical Looking Plants , United States Native Plants