Let me preface today’s entry with a note that this blog will be coming to
an end shortly. My Villages Chapter of
The Florida Native Plant Society is starting a Facebook page. Facebook will be more interactive, allowing
members of the group to post photos, ask questions of the group, share
knowledge.
Twinflower (Dyschoriste
oblongifolia) and Swamp Twinflower (Dyschoriste humistrata) are used as groundcovers. Both
varieties attract many pollinators, especially bees. It is the larval host for
the common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterfly. In my sunny front yard, Twinflower lines the approach to my front door,
as a border to my wildflower garden.
Swamp Twinflower is a deciduous perennial and flowers from late spring to
early summer. It prefers part shade and
as its name suggests, requires some moisture.
I have some Swamp Twinflower next to Twinflower. The Swamp Twinflower is taller, and dies back
to little twigs in the Florida winter.
RESOURCES TWINFLOWER:
RESOURCES SWAMP TWINFLOWER:
June 2019 – common buckeye butterfly caterpillar in my Twinflower
SWAMP Twinflower – taller than
“plain” Twinflower
are more oblong than “plain” twinflower
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