Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot Mix color seeds pack of 25-30 Seeds Imported

Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot Scientific Name: Antirrhinum majus

Common Name: Dwarf Garden Snapdragon

Hardiness Degree: 32°F (0.0°C)

Blooming Season: Early Spring, Spring, Autumn

Plant Habit: Mounded, Upright

Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Attracts Hummingbirds, Fragrant Flowers, Low Maintenance, Frost Tolerant

Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)

Height: 6 – 10″ (15 – 25cm)

Width: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)

Exposure: Sun

Plug crop time: 5 to 6 weeks
Transplant to finish: 6 weeks

• Delivers a perfect balance of pack performance and landscape success.
• Bushy, compact plants are topped by closely spaced, full flower spikes.
• Uniform flowering, with a 7 to 10-day window for Spring and Autumn sales in packs and small pots.

Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot Propagating snapdragons

Grown for their prolific flowers, you can try to persuade your plants to set seed by leaving a few blooms. However, seeds are unlikely to come true to type if sown, but it’s fun to see what does come up.

Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot Snapdragons: problem solving

Plants are usually pest and disease-free.

Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot Caring for snapdragons

To prolong flowering, feed weekly with a potash-rich fertiliser and deadhead spent blooms regularly. Keep plants well watered and support taller varieties with canes if required.

Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot pests

Luckily not many pests are interested in antirrhinums: rabbits are not keen and even slugs seem not to like them. Deer, however, might have a go, and of course there are always the smaller sap sucking insects that will head for your juicy young seedlings. Aphids might well appear on the tips in spring, so squash any that you see, and wait for the ladybirds and lace wings to come to your rescue. SB plant invigorator is a good treatment if the problem persists.

Antirrhinum Snapdragon Snapshot

This fungal disease first appears as circles of dark brown pustules on the underside of the leaves. If left unchecked, it can spread to the rest of the plant and kill it. Remove affected leaves as soon as you see the symptoms and destroy any badly affected plants.

Rust can overwinter in warm conditions, which is why it is important to move autumn seedlings into cooler conditions like a cold frame. It also means that removing all spring sown plants at the end of the summer is important, to prevent any build-up of disease. Rotating plants around the cutting garden is also a good way of preventing disease of all kinds, as the life cycle of the pathogen is broken if plants are not grown in the same ground for two or three years.