Snapdragon Seeds
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Snapdragon Brighton Rock is an heirloom variety that comes with a lovely blend of pastel bi-coloured blooms. The common name snapdragon originates from the fact that the flower looks like a dragon's mouth having its throat squeezed. If that’s not bizarre enough, the flower seed pods turn into creepy skulls when they die. Perhaps it is because of this ambiguous appearance that in the Victorian language of flowers, it symbolised deception and presumption. Fun fact: Only large insects like bumblebees can pollinate snapdragons because the petals are too heavy for smaller insects to push apart.
LATIN NAME
Antirrhinum majus
SEEDS
1500 seeds
NAME
Snapdragon
VARIETY
Brighton Rock
SHORT DESCRIPTION
An old-fashioned flower, a treasure for bumblebees
PLANT SIZE
Height 45 cm
Width 45 cm
CONTAINER SIZE
Height 20 cm
Width 20 cm
COMPANION PLANT
Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melons, flowers
SOWING
Indoor Not required
Outdoor Apr-June
TIMING
Germination 15-20 days
Harvesting 100 days
SPACING
When sowing 5 cm; Depth 0,5 cm
When thinning 10 cm
GROWING
Sunligth Full sun
Soil Any soil
Watering Regular watering, not overdone
Feeding Light feeder
CARING
Expert tip After they are done blooming, trim the plants back, and they quickly will begin blooming again. If spent blooms are regularly cut back, the plants will flower from early summer right through to mid-autumn.
SUPPORTING
Pollinators Attracts bumblebees
Pests

