Tulip Winter Aconite Click here for a printer friendly version of this page. Their large, blossom-laden flower heads are faintly fragrant and come in in a wide assortment of bright colors. A vareity that grows up to 5 feet has been developed, but it must be staked. A single snapdragon plant may produce seven or eight blossom spikes in the course of a summer. Snapdragons make excellent cutflowers and excel in beds and at the front of borders.
Snapdragons flourish in well-fertilized soil and full sun.
Sow seeds indoors eight weeks before the last frost. Moving seedlings outdoors as early as a the bed can be worked. They will tolerate frost. In Zones 8-10, seedlings started in a sheltered seedbed may be moved outdoors any time in the fall for winter and spring flowering. Plants should stand from 6 to 12 inches apart, depending on the size of the variety planted.