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Plant: Snaptini Violet Snapdragon
Snapdragon · Antirrhinum majus
$23.00
Size: 18 Count Tray
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
SpringSummerFall
More about this plant
Snaptini Violet is a snapdragon with dragon-head flowers in a spike on erect stems above dark green glossy leaves. It wants full sun, rich, moist, well-drained soil, and blooms spring through fall, fading in summer heat. Good for borders, containers and cut flowers, and it draws bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-10b
Plant description
Snaptini Violet is a snapdragon with dragon-head flowers in a spike on erect stems above dark green glossy leaves. It wants full sun, rich, moist, well-drained soil, and blooms spring through fall, fading in summer heat. Good for borders, containers and cut flowers, and it draws bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
- Flowers
- Two-lipped, dragon-head shaped flowers carried on terminal racemes; the species is a good cut flower.
- Foliage
- Species description: dark green, smooth, glossy leaves, linear to lanceolate, about 3 to 6 inches long, with entire margins.
- Fruit
- A short-beaked capsule partly hidden by the persistent calyx lobes.
- Native range
- Southwestern Europe, including the Mediterranean area
