Snapdragon (Garden Snapdragon)
Antirrhinum majus. SCROPHULARIACEAE.
Planting and Growing Snapdragon
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow snapdragon in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of snapdragon
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for snapdragon
- Season of bloom and planting time for snapdragon
- When, how deep, and where to plant snapdragon
- How to plant snapdragon
- Watering, fertilizing, care and pests or diseases of snapdragon
- Landscape and container uses of snapdragon
- Comments about snapdragon and its features
Growing Snapdragon
Upright, climbing, vining perennial herb, to 3 ft. (90 cm) tall. Shiny, medium green, lance-shaped leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long.
Many cultivars are available, including azalea-like, bell-flowered, double-flowered, and dwarf forms.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many orange, pink, red, white, yellow, bicolored, 2-lipped or sometimes double flowers, to 2 in. (50 mm) long, in spring–early summer.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Plant as annual, zones 3–7; ground hardy, zones 8–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus. Fertility: Rich. 6.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full to filtered sun, 4–6 in. (10–15 cm) apart, when soil is workable.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep moist; avoid overhead watering of foliage to prevent rust. Pinch stem tips when plant reaches 2–4 in. (50–100 mm) tall to promote bushiness and flowering. Propagate by seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for beds, edgings, fencelines, trellises in cottage, formal, meadow, wildlife gardens. Good for cutting. Attracts birds, butterflies, hummingbirds. Aphid, leaf miner, whitefly and rust susceptible.