Description of Antirrhinum majus

• Also known as snapdragons for the way the flower opens when squeezed
• Flowers are born on spikes opening from the bottom and producing plenty of blooms per plant
• Old plants can get leggy another reason to treat as annuals.
• A good range of colours are available with some having stronger scent than others.

Cultivation Tips Antirrhinum majus

• Best grown as annuals but plants are short lived perennials
• Pinch out the growing tip to encourage bushy plants
• Pinch out side shoots to encourage individual, large spikes.

Special Growing Tips for Antirrhinum

• Beware of Antirrhinum rust which is unsightly brown speckles on leaves and stems that eventually defoliate the plant.
• Plants will self seed but deadhead if you want more flowers

Varieties, Species and Types of Antirrhinum

• Antirrhinum nanum ‘Dwarf Bedding Mixed’
• Antirrhinum Pendula Multiflora Chinese Lanterns F1 bred to cascade from a basket or pot.
• Antirrhinum Majus Nanum Rembrandt a red and yellow flower to paint a picture in your garden
• A yellow and cream coloured flower Antirrhinum braun-blanquetii Snapdragon is well recommended

Horticulture Sources and Advice on Antirrhinum

• You can often obtain seeds or plants from our mail order company of choice Thompson & Morgan
• Buy your own seeds to get the colour scheme you want. Buy young plants or seedlings if you are happy to take pot-luck

Credits
“PLANTAGINACEAE 車前科 – Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) 金魚草 / 孟買彩雀 by kaiyanwong223, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Antirrhinum australe #1 by J.G. in S.F. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ‘Plantaginaceae (formerly Scrophulariaceae) – Spain origin of plant above Snapdragon Shown: Detail of flower buds and flowers- “Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as snapdragons from the flowers’ fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed (thus the ‘snap’). ‘
common snapdragon (キンギョソウ) #5875 by Nemo’s great uncle CC BY-NC-SA 2.0