We're nearly at the end of our wildflower season, especially since we haven't had rain for a month. To my great pleasure on our walk yesterday, we discovered that the wee little Twinflowers (Linnaea) are back!!!
A woodland ground-cover, their slender, upright stalks bear two bell-shaped flowers each... white, tinged with pink and delicately fragrant. You can see how tiny they are below... (my fingers are NOT bulbous)!
Here are two more pictures...
I guess it's possible to grow Twinflowers, especially in a shaded rock garden. I may have to order some seeds and try to grow them on our property, because it's like being in the presence of fairies to see them.
In the last picture I see inspiration for a doll... The body would be in the shape of the flower. It would definitely be like a fairy doll and very sweet!
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Hi Robin
ReplyDeleteI was intrigued with the Twinflower as I have a very shady area of my yard that is full of wildflowers. I used to dig them up when we had our cottage in Wisconsin and bring them back to my yard. I only dug them from my own property or on a lot where a bulldozer was going in to build a cottage. The problem with a shade garden is there are not many flowering plants. One of my favorites is by now a very large maidenhair fern that I will take a pic of one day and post.
I looked up twinflower on google and it is good as low as zone 3 and we are almost 6 and flowers from June until Sept. I will start looking for it at the nurseries and let you know if I find it.
Hugs
FredaB
Robin,
ReplyDeleteThere is a nursery on the east coast that has lots of strange and wonderful herbs and wildflowers. I used to order from them and was happy with what I got. I wish I could remember their name, but I think if you go to herbs and wildflowers their name will come up. I think it started with an L.
We must be getting all your rain. Waiting for the storm/jet stream to move and take us out of the wildness for awhile.
What sweet wee flowers!
ReplyDeleteThey would make a magical fairy doll, you are right....
I love this flower. How dainty and beautiful. We have a flower the natives around here call a plantation lily. It has one large heart shaped leaf and darling little white bell shaped flowers that grow out of the stock. I had it posted awhile back. Just the leaves as the flowers come a little later. It covers the floor of my wooded areas. Yours is so colorful. Sharon
ReplyDeleteWildflowers speak to me too, more so even than cultivated flowers. A delightful idea of little flower dolls - perfect.
ReplyDeleteThose are gorgeous little flowers, aren't they? I love them!
ReplyDeleteThose are great pictures! I can see twin fairy sisters holding hands.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful how inspiration can come from the tiniest source?
ReplyDeleteWhat perfect little gems...I have goose bumps!
ReplyDeleteOh what beautiful pictures of those beautiful tiny flowers...they remind me of the teeny tiny flowers I've been working with lately....
ReplyDeletePrecious flowers. I'll have to check our woods.
ReplyDeletelovely...a freeform doll in the shape of a wildflower sounds so inspiring!
ReplyDeletewhat a tiny lovely flower.
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