Snapdragon

Description/Breeding Goals:

Open pollinated snapdragons in a lovely range of pink and cream with a touch of pale yellow.

Blooms profusely in spring, and continues blooming through to fall.

Breeder's notes:

These seeds are from a "landrace" population developed at Windfall Flowers over multiple seasons. A landrace begins by growing multiple varieties of a species from multiple sources together and allowing them to cross pollinate. This maximizes diversity in the population (increased diversity means healthier plants!). From this diverse population, the healthiest and most beautiful plants are selected to harvests seeds from for the next generation. Over multiple generations, this process creates a population (a landrace) that is strong, healthy, well adapted to the local climate (hot, dry summers) and fits a certain aesthetic scheme.

The seeds from this population will not produce uniform, identical plants. It will produce a diverse range of plants from which you can select your favorites!

Details:

• Approx. 200 seeds
• Antirrhinum majus
• Hardy annual
  
• Start indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost (direct seeding not recommended)
• Light required for germination
• Bottom water to avoid displacing seeds (seeds are tiny)
• Pinching is recommended to increase branching but not necessary
• Plant in full sun
• Space 6-9 inches
• Approx. 24 inches tall