Re: Hardy snapdragons
Susannah’s hardy snap sounds a lot like the snaps I raised (or is it
reared, as one rears children?) from seed purchased from Thomas
Jefferson Center For Historic Plants years ago. Here in Zone 5b-6a,
snaps are more or less perennial, though they need early spring
fertilization (and supplemental watering) to look their best the second
and ensuing years. Your snaps sound super, Susannah.
But the most amazing snaps I EVER saw in my LIFE were growing in the
greenhouses of a wealthy retiree on Long Island. Theyd been reared from
European florist snap seed of some kind -- I never found out the
cultivar name -- and they were 5 feet tall, white to pale pink, with a
strong, sweet fragrance like that of the catalpa tree. I would KILL
(well, maybe not kill -- MAIM) for some snaps like that...
Rand B. Lee, Freelance Writer & Editor
Founder and President, The North American Dianthus Society
Founder and President, The North American Cottage Garden Society
Member, Garden Writers Association of America
Author, PLEASURES OF THE COTTAGE GARDEN (Michael Friedman Publishers)
copyright 1998, ISBN 1-56799-695-7
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