Linnaea borealis
Twinflower
Linnaea are creeping, mat-forming evergreen shrubs that root as they creep. The foliage is neat, and the flowers are small and bell-shaped. Linnaea borealis is a mat-forming shrub with small, dark green, shiny leaves with light brown undersides. Pairs of small, pale pink, bell-shaped flowers are borne on the tips of side shoots.
Contributed by @michaelhortus
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Twinflower
Latin name
Linnaea borealis
type
Evergreen Shrub
family
Caprifoliaceae
ph
5.6 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
0.08 M
Linnaea borealis
Linnaea are creeping, mat-forming evergreen shrubs that root as they creep. The foliage is neat, and the flowers are small and bell-shaped. Linnaea borealis is a mat-forming shrub with small, dark green, shiny leaves with light brown undersides. Pairs of small, pale pink, bell-shaped flowers are borne on the tips of side shoots.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Nodding, bell shaped pale pink flowers appear at the ends of the leafy side-shoots in Summer
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in Spring in fairly fertile, humus-rich, acid soil that is reliably moist, and in partial shade.
Propagating by cuttings
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
michaelhortus
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