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Twinflower

This is a creeping ground cover with trailing stems reaching 3 ft. in length. These groups of slender, woody stems bear glossy, bright, evergreen leaves arranged in pairs. The delicately fragrant flowers are pinkish, bell-shaped and in nodding pairs at the end of 4-6 in. stalks. A low, delicate, matted evergreen plant with trailing stems having short, upright branches, each terminated by 2 pinkish-white, nodding bell-shaped flowers. Stems hairy. Twinflower was a favorite of the great Swedish botanist, Carl von Linne, who invented the system of binomial nomenclature. Description from wildflower.org

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Twinflower

Twinflower fast facts

Scientific Name

Linnaea borealis

Family

Caprifoliaceae

Garden Type

Container Appropriate, Anywhere

Wildlife

Bees

Native Plant Region

Western WA, PNW, North America

Light needs

Filtered, Full Shade

Water Needs

Dry

Plant Type

Evergreen, Flowering, Groundcover & Grasses, Perennial

Bloom Color(s)

Purple

Height

0 – 2 feet

Width

0 – 1, 1 – 2 feet

Months in Bloom

May, June, August, September

Safe Beneath Power Lines?

Yes
Twinflower

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