Scientific Name Oxypetalum caeruleum = Tweedia caerulea Common Name Tweedia

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Characteristics Season summer Height 36 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 8-10 Flower Color blue Soil well drained Exposure full sun to partial shade Propagation seed North Carolina Regions Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments For those who love blue flowers, Tweedia is a relatively new introduction related to our milkweeds. It perennializes in the warmer Piedmont and coastal plain, but can be grown as an annual in cooler areas. Good as a cut flower. Pinch back when young to encourage branching. Origin Southern Brazil, Uruguay

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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