Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus

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Snapdragon.

Snapdragons are perennials sometimes treated as annuals. Likes lots of sun. Many varieties are available, some 2-3 feet high, others only 6-8 in.


Snapdragon is a Host Plant for Buckeye butterflies

Buckeye butterflies use Snapdragon and Plantain as host plants.


Where to buy

Most local nurseries should sell Snapdragons in the spring and early summer. Seeds most likely available from Burpee.


How to Propagate Snapdragon

Seeds can be kept for starting new plants.


The Scrophulariaceae/Figwort Family

This family consists mostly of herbs and some shrubs usually with nice flowers. It includes 190 genera and 4000 species.




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