SNAPDRAGONS - Antirrhinum Mixed

Species: Anttirrhinum
Latin name: Antirrhinum Majus Max.
Other usual name: Dragon Mouth
Variety: Antirrhinum Majus
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Origin: Mediteranean

Snapdragon : Perennial flower cultivated as an annual, also called "Dragon Mouth" snapdragon is an annual flowering plant. They have vertical flower spikes, with fragrant blossom heads in a wide assortment of bright colors. If you gently pinch the flower she will open and you can notice the jaws of a dragon with a fuzzy tongue. Blossoms tend to drop off shortly after being fertilized. Used in beddings, on borders, pots, and cutflowers for flower arrangements. Cut faded flowers which will prolong their flowering period.

Seed sowing: In spring or autumn
Flowering of Snapdragons: June to October
Height: Snapdragons reach on average 80 to 90 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Sowing under frame from March to April to get a blooming from August to October, sow in seedbed from June to August to get the blooms from June to October the following year. Transplant in spring in a very sunny place of your garden. Cutting will force plants to produce more stems which will bloom later in the season.

Sowing distance: 25 cm to 45 cm between plants
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 15 °C to 20 °C

Net weight of seeds: 1 gr -/+ 5000 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.