Freakish forms, an amazing variety of colors, abundant and long flowering are the indisputable advantages of this unpretentious plant, which is unfairly deprived of the attention of most gardeners.
This is probably because the snapdragon is not too common and not very familiar to many flower lovers.
However, it is worth only one time to plant this plant near your home, and the snapdragon immediately ranks with the category of "favorites."
Let's take a closer look at this interesting flower in its qualities and, perhaps, you also decide to try to decorate your alpine slide or balcony with it, and then proudly tell your friends about it, who will admire the variety of colors of its colors with admiration.
Snapdragon, or antirrinum, is a perennial ornamental plant, the leaves of which have a lanceolate shape, flowers are represented by a beautiful unusual inflorescence.
There is a large number of varieties, differing in shape, size, color of flowers: it can be yellow, orange, dark brown, pink.
The flowers themselves are simple or terry, have an open or closed halo and resemble the open mouth of a lion. The flowering of the snapdragon is long, from early June to late autumn.
The homeland of this plant is North America.
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Intense lighting
Open spaces - planting is allowed in the penumbra, but in this case there may be a delay in flowering, it will not be plentiful and the colors of flowers will be softer than if the lion's mouth stays in an open sunny place;
Loamy and fertile soils - if you have clay soil in your garden, you should add peat to it, organic matter so that it becomes friable and there is no stagnation of excessive moisture. If the soil is dominated by sandy loam, for better retention of water add rotted organic matter, black soil;
Reproduction of snapdragon
- Cuttings;
- Seeds - used most often. Sowing begins at the end of February and ends at the beginning of April. The seeds are slightly sprinkled with earth, the first shoots appear after about 10 days. To improve germination, it is useful to cover the seed container with a bag or glass, and when the first shoots appear, remove it. Temperature should be + 18 ° С and higher. It is possible to sow seeds in open ground in May, and be sure to cover the bed with foil.
When 4-6 pairs of leaflets appear, the tops of the plants are pinched - in this case additional stalks are formed.
In the case of growing snapdragon through seedlings bloom begins in June and lasts until the first frost.
In time, remove the inflorescences that have already faded - so you prolong the flowering of the snapdragon.
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Snapdragon, in addition to its outstanding decorative properties, has healing properties:
- Infusion of flowers treat bloating and some liver diseases;
- Preparation of a mixture of immortelle flowers, snapdragon, corn stigmas - a find when recovering from hepatitis.
- Broth helps with boils, hemorrhoids, skin ulcers.
Diseases and pests that can strike snapdragons
- Downy mildew;
- Fusarium;
- Different types of rot;
- Rust;
Pests:
- Aphid;
- Tobacco thrips;
- Mite;
- Slugs
The most popular varieties of snapdragon
"Brilliant" - tall flower (80 cm) bright pink color;
"Madame Betterflyay" - A variety with flowers of various colors and shaped like azalea. This is a tall variety about 70 cm tall;
"Golden Monarch" - a variety of medium height (50 cm), flowers have a lemon-yellow color, large;
"Lampion" - a flower of an unusual and interesting form with a variety of colors - ampelnaya snapdragon. The length of the shoots reaches 1 m in length;
"Tom Tamb" - a dwarf look of a lion's pharynx, its height is only 20 cm. The flowers can have the most varied coloring, the bushes are compact, dense.
The snapdragon is a sunny perennial, it will fill your garden with fragrant aroma, attracting butterflies and bees, during the summer season your flower beds and balcony boxes will decorate with abundant flowering and will be pleasing to the eye with bright colors until late autumn, when there are few flowers left in nature.
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