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Posted: Sep/29/2006 3:15 AM PST
I have had trouble growing snapdragons from seed this year. I finally bought some. Now I am wondering if they will be perennial? I am in zone 8. |
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Posted: Sep/29/2006 4:52 PM PST
Well now Ron in my zone 8 here in Oregon I get mixed results on snapdragons. Usually they don't make it through the winter. They do reseed fairly well though. Dora/Garden Goddess...who is learning that not all zone 8's are created equal. |
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Posted: Sep/29/2006 6:04 PM PST
I've had that happen up here in zone 5 when I had snaps planted next to my house. They'd green up and grow the next year, but I rarely had them last any longer than that. I'm the type that doesn't weed much at the end of the year so they had some sheltering grass around them. And like I said, they were right next to the house so they probably got a little heat from that. |
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Posted: Sep/29/2006 9:35 PM PST
This is all very helpful info, thanks. I have to move them from the pots I put them in. They are with Silverado Sage. It looked great until the Sage started blooming, its georgous but the color of the snapdragon flowers clashes something fierce combined with the leaf and flower color of the Sage. I think I will try some Allysum with the Sage instead, and my snapdragons will be finding a new home to enjoy. |
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Posted: Oct/05/2006 1:14 PM PST
They tend to be perennial around our zone 5b-6a too.... I harvested seed from a Black Prince Snapdragon that remained perennial for at least 3 years on campus next to the Ag Science building while completing my Greenhouse/Nursery degree. It was without protection or mulch and did just fine. I wintersowed mine and the few I planted out in 2005 started greening up again this spring and have flowered non-stop and still are putting on a show! These were planted on the northwest and northeast ends of a north facing bed, without winter mulch. Vera |
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Posted: Oct/05/2006 2:46 PM PST
I have them popping up in places I definitely didnt plant them, so I leave them *lol In im zone 5 (b) Kale |
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Posted: Oct/05/2006 3:10 PM PST
Me too... I planted them several years back ..and the've returned in several areas of the original bed. I also have Johhny Jump Ups or 4 o'clocks that self sow year after year...these are black and velvet lookin'...real nice to view. |
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Posted: Oct/05/2006 5:44 PM PST
I'm in zone 7b and mine come back bigger and better every year  Hope yours will, too.
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Posted: Oct/06/2006 9:41 AM PST
I'm in z8, about 1 1/2 hrs from the Fl. line, they do fine in the winter here, they will slow down on growing when the temps are freezing. Come early spring they start really showing off. But once it gets hot they are mostly done for. Can't take our heat here for extended periods. They are treated as annuals here cause of the heat, they just cook in the summer. trudy |
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Posted: Oct/17/2006 9:37 PM PST
It must be the heat and humidity that knocks them back. Here in our Eastern Wa climate (hot, dry and humidity 20-30% in the afternoon) the Snapdragons bloom continuously thru the season right on down thru several frosts and freezes! This year we had 90+ temps from June 14th up until the end of August. Those snaps never skipped a beat  Vera |
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