Twinflower
Linnaea borealis
Twinflower is a delicate, circumboreal evergreen groundcover that carpets cool conifer forests and dangles paired, fragrant pink bell flowers on threadlike stems. A beloved, dainty native for moist, acidic shade. Recorded as a food plant, though no specifics on which part or how have survived.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.1–0.3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- container
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY