Antirrhinum nanum Twinny Appleblossom F1 Hybrid

An endless flowering for this dwarf snapdragon, also called Antirrhinum nanum Twinny Appleblossom F1 Hybrid, which only winter interrupts. It blooms from spring to frost with very double flowers, so tightly undulated that bees lose their heads. This superb variety offers a variety of colours, in fairly soft shades, combining pink, white and yellow, and forms compact and branched plants from the base, very bushy. These plants are an ideal choice for borders, natural gardens and flower pots. Whether annual or perennial depends on the climate and soil they are planted in. What matters is that they are so floriferous and so original! Familiar in cottage gardens, snapdragons are accommodating plants that thrive in fertile and well-drained soil, and lots of sunshine.

Known in gardens since 1583, Antirrhinum majus was the privileged host of monastery and cottage gardens. This plant, belonging to the family of Scrophulariaceae, is native to the western Mediterranean Basin, where it grows among rocks, on arid slopes of the Midi, in France until Lozère and Aveyron. Plants can even be found rooted in the mortar of old walls protecting the gardens. The 'Twinny Appleblossom' variety is unique. It stands out for its amazing double and strongly undulated corolla flowers, which bees struggle to enter. This short-lived perennial forms a tuft of 30 cm (11.8 in) in height and 25 cm (9.8 in) in width in the year following its sowing, with a particularly branched and compact habit. Its upright, branching stems are covered with opposite or alternate lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, entire, glabrous leaves, of a beautiful dark green color. Flowering occurs from May-June to September-October, until the first frost. This variety offers densely covered spikes of large flowers in soft colors, in a mixture of white, pink, and pale yellow on the same flower.

Snapdragons are part of our childhood memories. With their small velvety snouts that emit a fragrance when you bury your nose in the flowers, they are plants accessible to all gardeners, easy to install in borders, beds, or rockeries. In the northern part of the Loire and in heavy soil, treat them as annuals, which matters little in view of their generosity. Dwarf varieties like 'Twinny Appleblossom' are perfect for pots, borders and sunny rockeries, wild gardens, scented gardens, or cottage gardens. For example, associate them with damask wallflowers, cosmos, or annual poppies.

The snapdragon gets its vernacular name from the particular shape of its flowers, which, when pinched, resemble mouths.

Attention, seeds reserved for very experienced gardeners who are used to sowing very fine seeds. These seeds are as fine as dust, barely visible to the naked eye.