Annuals & Biennials

Antirrhinnum
snapdragon

Height 1/2-4 ft (15-120 cm)
Planting distance 1/2-11/2 ft (15-45 cm)
Flowers summer to first frost
Well-drained soil enriched with compost
Full sun or light shade
Hardy annual

Snapdragons are among our most ancient garden plants and, if they were not so susceptible to rust, would still be among the most popular. Coming in an enormous range of colors and a variety of sizes, they make excellent plants for mixed borders and formal beds throughout summer. The taller cultivars can form a spectacular display along the back of a herbaceous border. Medium size cultivars are useful for formal or informal beds, while dwarf cultivars are ideal as edging and carpeting or for rock gardens.

Popular species and cultivars
Snapdragons grown in gardens have all been developed from Antirrhinum majus. They are classified in three groups according to plant size. some come as single colors, others as mixed colors. Below is a selection of readily available cultivars.
Dwarf cultivars reach only 6 in (15 cm) high and have a compact bushy habit.
'Dwarf Bedding,' a mixed cultivar, comes in numerous colors.
'Floral Carpet' has a profusion of large flowers in mixed colors.
'Floral Showers Hybrids' bear flowers of mixed colors, some bi-colored.
'Little Darling' is early flowering and comes in mixed colors. It is rust resistant.
'Magic Carpet' is of trailing habit and available in mixed colors.
'Pixie' has open-petaled butterflylike flowers earl in the season. It is free flowering and comes in crimsons, reds, oranges, yellows, and whites
'Royal Carpet Hybrid' are some of the best carpeting cultivars, being vigorous, long-lasting, and rust resistant;. They come in mixed colors, just orange ('Royal Carpet Orange'), or just pink ('Royal Carpet Pink').
'Sweetheart Hybrids' have small, double azalea-type flowers in red, bronze, pink, yellow, or white. They are rust resistant.
'Tahiti' mixtures are compact and closely packed with flowers in pure colors and some bicolors.
'Tahiti' mixtures are compact and closely packed with flowers in pure colors and some bicolors.
'Tom Thumb' is a neat plant bearing flowers in bright mixed colors.
'Trumpet Serenade' has openpetaled freesialike flowers that are long-lasting and come in mixed colors. The plant grows to 1 ft (30 cm)
Intermediate cultivars are the most popular group. They reach15-18 in (38-45 cm)
'Black Prince' is a compact plant that has deep crimson flowers and bronze foliage.
'Bright Eyes' is an F1 hybrid with bright yellow flowers marked with red in the center.
'Cinderella' forms bushy plants with dense flower spikes in a range of colors.
'Coral Monarch' has warm coral-pink flowers and is resistant to rust.
'Coronette Hybrids' are neat plants with flowers in mixed colors. They are both rust and weather resistant.
'Crimson Monarch' has crimson flowers and is rust resistant.
'Double Supreme Hybrids' bear double flowers in cream, crimson, yellow, rose, and white, and are able to stand the summer heat well.
'Lavender Monarch' has lilac-blue flowers and strong resistance to rust.
'Popette' is an F2 hybrid, with uniform early and long-lasting flowers that are bicolored white and purple-rose.
'Princess Hybrids' bear a profusion of long-lasting flowers in a wide range of mixed colors.
'Rembrandt' has orange flowers with yellow tips to the petals.
'Sawyers Mixed' is a rust-resistant mixture in a range of strong colors.
'White Monarch' bears white flowers and is strongly resistant to rust.
'Yellow Monarch' has clear yellow flowers and is strongly resistant to rust.
Tall cultivars will grow 3-4 ft (90-120 cm) high and are good as cut flowers.
'Giant Forerunner Hybrids' have densely clustered flowers in a wide range of mixed colors.
'Liberty Hybrids' are sturdy, thick-stemmed plants with long flower spikes in a range of colors. They are early flowering.
'Madame Butterfly' has doubleazalealike blooms in mixed colors.
'Ruffled Super Tetra' has large ruffled, veined flowers in mixed colors.

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