Treat snapdragons as you treat pansies. They're planted out in the fall, kind of sit there all winter and then gloriously bloom in early May.

Kept deadheaded and the yellow foliage cut back, they may or may not survive the summer to bloom again the next spring.

You can grow your own from seed, it's just a long time to blooms.

Nell

Here is a link that might be useful: My Snapdragon Secrets

I planted snap draggons a few years ago (after we moved in) and they have come back every year. I originally would pull up the dead looking plant, but since have learned that they will come back (at least for me) from not only the original "dead looking" plant, but they reseed. I will either cut off or break off the dead plant branches, leaving the roots in the ground.

I do have a mild winter, but have lost many things to frost here...but this plant survived the winter and has been a constant show of flowers. Others in neighboring beds, have also come back and are just as pretty as before. I even have some growing in the cracks in my brick patio UNDERNEATH a bench...they are obviously the one's that seeded from the main plants.

Some of mine like the doubles act more as annuals, some that are single heirloom are more perennial but very short lived perennial.

GGG

I have had mine for about five years now. Just a small cluster - in full sun!? I just leave them when they die off and they come back the next year. I would love to move them but think that if i did that would be the end of them, so i'll just leave them be at the moment.