We are swimming in snapdragons! Nearly 3,000 plants are in full rolling bloom and it’s all hands on deck, clipping like the wind, just to keep ahead of them.
Snaps, specifically the butterfly types, are some of my favorite early summer flowers! Their ruffled blooms, sweet citrusy scent and amazing colors have me under a spell.
Picking flowers for hours on end can often get quite boring but these beauties make the task totally enjoyable.
If you’ve got a little plot of ground in full sun, try tucking some of these treasures in next spring. You can get seed through Park’s and it starts really easily indoors. I sow them into trays in the greenhouse in early March and plant them out into the field around mid April.
We’ve had a full on “heat wave” here in the west and the increased temps are running this crop through to completion extra quick. I’m sad to see them go but dahlias are popping already and it’s time to move on to the next great thing : )
Mikaela on
Bear up Sunil it happens! I got lucky this year when a pekcat of free seeds (assorted blue annuals) didn’t germinate until August, and then September gave us a huge patch of Nigella (love in a mist), which is still going strong, but because of all the rain, lots of other stuff has been seriously bad this year. There’s always next year!