Butterfly Cherry Bronze, Snapdragon Seed

50 seed packet
 
Unique azalea type snapdragon with ruffled, double-petaled blooms. Cut Madame Butterfly's tall spikes of rose and coral hued flowers for full displays with an antique look. Harvest when the lower 1/3 of flowers on the stem are open. 66-89cm (26-35”) plants can be grown in a greenhouse or in the open field and garden.
High performing hybrid seed.
For greenhouse or field production.
Rose and coral hued blooms.
Start snapdragons indoors, 8-10 weeks before planting out. Transplant out after last frost.  Provide bright light and a soil temperature of 12°C (55°F). Seeds should sprout in 10-21 days.
 
Note from Hotchkiss Flower Farm: Snap dragons are a cold hardy annual. Although recommended by seed package to plant after last frost, snapdragons can actually be planted out 4-6 weeks before last frost in our climate. Just be sure to start your seeds within 8-10 weeks before your target plant out date.
 
Starting
Sow on the surface of a sterilized seed starting mix. To avoid damping off (to which snapdragons are somewhat prone), increase ventilation, use a layer of vermiculite on top of the soil, and water only from below. Transplant out once daytime temperatures are consistently above 10°C (50°F) and space 30cm (12″) apart.
 
Growing
Grow these easy sub-shrubs in rich, soil with a neutral pH. Pinch back young plants once 6 leaves have appeared for bushier mature plants. Feed lightly twice, before any flowers appear. Deadhead often. If flowering seems to subside, cut back dramatically, and then feed and water generously.