Antirrhinum majus 'Appleblossom'
snapdragon
More reliable than an English summer, quintessentially cottage garden and perfectly pinkish-white, ‘Appleblossom’ is a snapdragon with rich green foliage that produces spikes of large, hooded and lipped flowers often visited by bumblebees and other pollinating insects. A great cut flower, they also make splendid pot plants for spring flowering in a cool greenhouse or, with some supplementary heat, they can be grown to flower during the winter.
How to care for Antirrhinum majus Appleblossom:
Pot up seedlings and grow on under glass until all risk of frost has passed and they can then either be planted outside into a well-prepared bed, or used to fill pots on the patio. Water your bedding plants early in the morning with a weak solution of a potash-rich fertiliser, such as Tomorite. Deadhead the flowers on a regular basis as this will encourage new growth and stop the plants putting all their energy into seed production.
Sowing instructions:
Fill trays with good quality compost and lightly cover the seeds. Water, and place in a cold frame or greenhouse. Pot on when they have put on their first true leaves and then harden off before planting out at 20-30cm intervals, after the frosts have passed. Seeds sown in autumn and overwintered in a cold frame, will produce bigger plants which will flower earlier in the year, than those sown in spring.
Flowering period:
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Eventual height:
1m
Eventual spread:
0.5m
Position:
Full sun / light shade
Rate of growth:
Average
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
approx 20 seeds
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