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I need a source for snapdragons!

20 years ago

I am looking for a source for the following snapdragons...Annies Annuals has them but wants 28.00 to ship them to me! Wish I lived closer to her nursery

Antirhinum 'Double Azalea Pink' 1

Antirrhinum 'Double Azalea Apricot' 1

Antirrhinum 'Night And Day'

Antirrhinum Torbay Rock

Comments (10)

  • 20 years ago

    Annie's IS the best, isn't she! I'm fortunate to live only 15 minutes from her nursery (but my husband says it's HIS MISfortune...). I just bought a double azalea pink on Saturday, but I really wanted the double azalea apricot but didn't see any out. I do have some seed for 'night & day' if you don't mind waiting till next year for blooms...
    Amanda 'romando'

  • 20 years ago

    Many gardeners do not know that snapdragons are easily grown from cuttings. You need not buy a quantity of any selection as you can quickly multiply your plants. Al

  • 20 years ago

    Calistoga, that is interesting! Can you give more details on how to root, like in water, or does the cutting get planted as is? Thanks.

  • 20 years ago

    Softwood cuttings stuck in a four inch pot of potting soil, kept moist in shade should root quickly- tug on the cutting to see if it's got roots, then plant out. Sue

  • 20 years ago

    I have never done cuttings at all. How do you know where to cut? Do snap dragons get branches that you snip off? Leah

  • 20 years ago

    Yes, Annies is the great but I live 10 minutes from Plants Delight! Just as great but different...

    I did not know that you could grow snaps from cuttings I will definitely try that. I did order the following seed

    Frosty Lavendar bells
    double madame butterfly
    royal bride (scented)
    frosted flames (variegated leaves)
    double sweetheart

  • 20 years ago

    I never thought of propagating snaps from cuttings before; Thanks for that tip, Al! We put in some cheap snapdragons from Home Depot in the fall, and a few of them have turned out to have the prettiest bi-color gold and coral blooms. -Nice to know I can make more.

  • 20 years ago

    I am late to join this forum, but any luck with the 'Double Azalea Apricot'? I recently purchased 2 and also paid the $28 shipping fee. Since the price is the same for 1-50.00 worth of plants, next year I am going to try to find a way to order everything at once. The 'Double Azalea snapdragon' is part of the Madame Butterfly Mix. It appears that there may be apricot in the mix from Sutton's seeds, but hard to say.

    Last week on my second order, Annie's accidently sent me the wrong plant in my order. So, I wrote a polite e-mail suggesting I would settle for some information or seeds for the Apricot, which I have not found anywhere after an obsessive search, but they politely told me they would, of course, be sending me a new plant. So, I am hoping that means they don't have the seed, and are propogating from either stem, leave, or root cuttings.

    I am smack in the middle of Kansas, just in case there are any other crazy Annie's fans in the area.

    In an earlier e-mail, I asked about the seeds and they very very tight lipped about it. Very polite, but they suggested the actual seed would not grow true, since it was a hybrid.

    Pamela in Kansas

  • 20 years ago

    Have you tried Park Seed catalog....i think they used to carry the Night and Day snaps........or have you tried Burpee catalog?

  • 18 years ago

    How did the double Snapdragons grow?