{"id":12386,"date":"2015-01-24T08:09:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12386"},"modified":"2015-01-19T02:27:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T09:27:28","slug":"help-growing-antirrhinum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/help-growing-antirrhinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Growing Antirrhinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"PLANTAGINACEAE \u00e8\u00bb\u0160\u00e5\u2030\u008d\u00e7\u00a7\u2018 - Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e9\u00ad\u0161\u00e8\u008d\u2030 \/ \u00e5\u00ad\u0178\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e5\u00bd\u00a9\u00e9\u203a\u20ac by kaiyanwong223, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/33623636@N08\/5516607203\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5017\/5516607203_08e3867fdf.jpg\" alt=\"PLANTAGINACEAE \u00e8\u00bb\u0160\u00e5\u2030\u008d\u00e7\u00a7\u2018 - Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e9\u00ad\u0161\u00e8\u008d\u2030 \/ \u00e5\u00ad\u0178\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e5\u00bd\u00a9\u00e9\u203a\u20ac\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Description of Antirrhinum majus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Also known as snapdragons for the way the flower opens when squeezed<\/li>\n<li>Flowers are born on spikes opening from the bottom and producing plenty of blooms per plant<\/li>\n<li>Old plants can get leggy another reason to treat as annuals.<\/li>\n<li>A good range of colours are available with some having stronger scent than others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Antirrhinum by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4322597527\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2498\/4322597527_73c0e706a1.jpg\" alt=\"Antirrhinum\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cultivation Tips Antirrhinum majus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Best grown as annuals but plants are short lived perennials<\/li>\n<li>Pinch out the growing tip to encourage bushy plants<\/li>\n<li>Pinch out side shoots to encourage individual, large spikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Special Growing Tips for Antirrhinum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Beware of Antirrhinum rust which is unsightly brown speckles on leaves and stems that eventually defoliate the plant.<\/li>\n<li>Plants will self seed but deadhead if you want more flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Antirrhinum australe #1 by J.G. in S.F., on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jim-sf\/3152958132\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3253\/3152958132_0d35096afc.jpg\" alt=\"Antirrhinum australe #1\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Varieties, Species and Types of Antirrhinum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Antirrhinum nanum &#8216;Dwarf Bedding Mixed&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Antirrhinum Pendula Multiflora Chinese Lanterns F1 bred to cascade from a basket or pot.<\/li>\n<li>Antirrhinum Majus Nanum Rembrandt a red and yellow flower to paint a picture in your garden<\/li>\n<li>A yellow and cream coloured flower Antirrhinum braun-blanquetii Snapdragon is well recommended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Horticulture Sources and Advice on Antirrhinum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You can often obtain seeds or plants from our mail order company of choice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=antirrhinum\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy your own seeds to get the colour scheme you want. Buy young plants or seedlings if you are happy to take pot-luck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"common snapdragon (\u00e3\u201a\u00ad\u00e3\u0192\u00b3\u00e3\u201a\u00ae\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a6) #5875 by Nemo's great uncle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maynard\/2190943055\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2235\/2190943055_f4cc7d3364.jpg\" alt=\"common snapdragon (\u00e3\u201a\u00ad\u00e3\u0192\u00b3\u00e3\u201a\u00ae\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a6) #5875\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Credits<br \/>\n&#8220;PLANTAGINACEAE \u00e8\u00bb\u0160\u00e5\u2030\u008d\u00e7\u00a7\u2018 &#8211; Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e9\u00ad\u0161\u00e8\u008d\u2030 \/ \u00e5\u00ad\u0178\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e5\u00bd\u00a9\u00e9\u203a\u20ac by kaiyanwong223, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nAntirrhinum australe #1 by J.G. in S.F. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 &#8216;Plantaginaceae (formerly Scrophulariaceae) &#8211; Spain origin of plant above Snapdragon Shown: Detail of flower buds and flowers- &#8220;Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as snapdragons from the flowers&#8217; fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed (thus the &#8216;snap&#8217;). &#8216;<br \/>\ncommon snapdragon (\u00e3\u201a\u00ad\u00e3\u0192\u00b3\u00e3\u201a\u00ae\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a6) #5875 by Nemo&#8217;s great uncle CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/help-growing-antirrhinum\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}