4 reasons to plant snapdragons. A flower that will decorate the flower beds until October!
Snapdragon (official name - Antirrhinum) - a popular annual plant garden decoration. From the publication you will learn what it is good, and why is ready to compete with other candidates for the role of the main decoration flower beds. I'll tell you: it is beautiful and unpretentious at the same time. Suitable for growers who do not have a lot of time caring for ornamental plants and bright colors - you want.
Snapdragon will not go unnoticed
Antirrhinum fit into any garden and will become a worthy part of the landscape composition. Direct shoots like bright candles, covered with flowers of unusual shape, resembling the mouth of the animal.
On sale is a lot of different varieties. They differ not only in coloring, and that is white, and almost black. There are dwarf plants, whose height does not exceed 15 cm, and there are giants, pulls up to 1 m.
In Greek mythology, there is mention of the lion's throat. According to legend, this flower has created the goddess Flora and gave it to Hercules after his victory over the lion. In Greece, Antirrhinum is considered a symbol of heroism. The plant is presented as a gift to people who have shown courage.
Frequent watering and feeding - this is not for snapdragons
Growers are not ready to run a watering 2-3 times a week, can easily acquire snapdragons. The plant, in spite of the abundant flowering, does not require much in return.
Antirrhinum watered only in the long drought. Mature plants may well do the moisture stored in the soil, 10-14 days without much damage decoration. If the soil is fertile, the feeding altogether unnecessary. In other cases, it is recommended 2-3 times over the summer, you can pour the landing solution of complex mineral fertilizers. Such a procedure in any case, make brighter and more luxuriant bloom.
Flower seedlings can be grown without
Snapdragon seeds may be sown directly in open ground, if you do not want to mess with seedlings. This is done at the beginning of May. But there are a couple of nuances:
- Antirrhinum, planted the seeds of the flower bed, bloom later transplanted fellow. Around mid-July.
- Moreover, better use of low-growing varieties, because they have a shorter vegetation period than that tall.
Convenient and will not take the time!
long flowering
Snapdragons planted by seedlings bloom in mid-late June. Due to frost plants, it retains decorative appearance until the autumn frosts ruin. In that year, in central Russia snapdragons bloomed until October and held overnight drop in temperature.
Snapdragon - a decorative plant with a bright and abundant flowering without vagaries and surprises. It's time to get the seeds!