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Scrophulariaceae
Twinspur
Diascia barberae
Cheerful resilience.
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Diascia
- Native to
- South Africa
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer, Fall
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 6-12 in
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 8-10
- Lifespan
- perennial (annual where cold)
Did you know
- Each flower has two backward-pointing spurs, giving it the common name 'twinspur.'
- In its South African home, it's pollinated by oil-collecting bees that gather oils from inside the spurs.
- It pauses blooming during peak summer heat and resumes when temperatures cool in fall.
- Newer cultivars are far more heat-tolerant than the original wild forms.
- The flowers attract small native bees but are usually ignored by honeybees.
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delicate joy
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adaptability