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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Mix of colors.
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 18-20C
Days to germinate: 10-21
Depth to plant seed: Surface sow. Do not cover.
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow indoors January-March. Transplant when large enough to 3" pots. Harden off 10-15 days. Plant out after frost 20" apart. Pinch growing tip when 6 true leaves. If plant overwinters, cut it back by a third. Likes cool weather.
Pollinators: Self
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Snapdragon

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-07-12

Date: 2020-05-06
Location: So calif
Date: 2019-04-06
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
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