Companion FlowersPlantaginaceae
Snapdragons.
Cool seasonPollinator magnet
At a glance
The spec sheet.
- Indoor start
- Feb 15
- Direct sow / out
- Apr 15
- Germ
- 10–14 days
- Days to harvest
- 80–90 to bloom
- Spacing
- 8"
- Depth
- Surface sow — needs light
- Square-foot
- 4 per square
- Qty target
- 12–20 plants for regular bouquets.
Plant
Start indoors — snapdragons need light to germinate. Cold-tolerant; transplant early. Group 3 or 4 tall types for cutting.
Care
Pinch at 4–6" for branching. Deadhead. Snapdragons often rebloom in fall after summer heat.
Harvest
Cut when bottom third of florets are open. Long-lasting vase flower.
Dried spikes hold shape in arrangements.
Companion planting
What snapdragons likes, and doesn’t.
Good neighbors
- Beans
- Cucumbers
- Vegetable beds
- Nothing significant
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