Antirrhinum majus Fruit Salad Up Apricot

Antirrhinum x majus Fruit Salad Up Apricot is a brand new fragrant snapdragon, with the same floribundity as traditional varieties, but with larger, stunning, unusually shaped and wonderfully coloured flowers in pale yellow and peachy pink enhanced with carmine, densely packed in generous spikes all summer. This variety is magnificent in bouquets, and its compact height is great for rockeries, borders, flowerbeds, and pots on the terrace.

Antirrhinum, better known as snapdragon, is a genus that was formerly part of the Scrophulariaceae family, now transferred to the Plantaginaceae family. Snapdragons are herbaceous perennials or shrubs originating from America, North Africa, and mountainous regions of Europe.

The brand new 'Fruit Salad' series brings together not very hardy, perennial hybrid snapdragons with a short lifespan to be grown as annuals in most regions. These plants are upright and compact and well-branched, quickly reaching 35 cm (14in) high and about 30 cm (12in) wide. The stems bear lance-shaped dark green leaves tinged with bronze. The flowering period extends from May-June to September-October with upright flowering spikes, packed with flowers. In these selected varieties, the flowers are particularly wide, formed by wide petals in a funnel shape. In 'Fruit Salad Up Apricot', the flowers blend pale lemon yellow with soft salmon pink, with a red circle at their throat.

Snapdragons are part of our childhood memories. With small velvety flowers that smell wonderful when you bury your nose in them, they are easy plants, accessible to all gardeners, for borders, flowerbeds, or rockeries. In northern regions or heavy soil, treat them as annuals. They are perfect for cut flowers, flowerbeds, potted plants, or cottage gardens. Associate them with Damask nigella, perennial flax, and valerians (Centranthus ruber). Their flowering spikes are highlighted when emerging between bushy plants with decorative foliage (fennel, cineraria maritima, mugworts, lavender, cotton lavenders, ground cover roses). Once the plant is established, you can regularly remove faded flowers to prolong flowering.

The snapdragon owes its common name to the peculiar shape of its flowers, which resemble mouths when pinched.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under shelter (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before planting them outdoors once all risk of frost has passed.