Snapdragon "Ruby"

Snapdragon "Ruby" - Antirrhinum majus maximum.
Very large and multi-flowered inflorescences! An excellent cut variety.
Tall annual (up to 90 cm), blooming from June to October.
The flowers are large, ruby ​​in colour, and collected in racemose inflorescences.
Blooms from late June until late frost. It is cold-resistant, photophilous, and undemanding to soils, in a dry period needs watering.
Antirrhinum is an ornamental perennial plant cultivated in cool climates as an annual.
It is used for group plantings and flower beds, as well as for obtaining high-quality cut flowers (snapdragons stand in water for up to two weeks).
Grow seedlings.
1.0 g = 4000-8000 seeds.

Sowing: from early March to mid-April. Shoots appear in 8-12 days. After the appearance of the first two true leaves, the plants dive, and at the stage of 4-5 pairs of leaves, pinch the tops. Seedlings are planted in open ground in May at a distance of 20-30 cm between plants.
Care: Watering is done when the soil dries out. Every two weeks it is recommended to feed the plants with a solution of complex mineral fertilizer. For longer flowering, faded flower stalks must be removed. If necessary, carry out a garter.
Flowering: June - October; the duration of flowering of a flower is up to 12 days, and of the whole plant - up to 3 months.

Eng.: Garden snapdragon. Suom.: Leijonankita. Sven.: Lejongap.