snapdragon: May 2009

Monday, May 11, 2009

Can you grow pansies, violas, and johnny jump ups in the house in a sunny window? and little snapdragons?

I really like the plain violas.... I think some of them have a scent?

also

I found seeds for some snapdragons that bloom the first year. Is it worth a try indoors?

Thank you

Can you grow pansies, violas, and johnny jump ups in the house in a sunny window? and little snapdragons?
Yes just like in a greenhouse, need plenty of sunlight.
Reply:It's always worth trying your skills with growing plants indoors.

Water regularly, but lightly, and not on the leaves. Keep out of direct sunlight. If not enough light, then arrange a foil, light reflector near the plants.

A small plant feeding stick in each container will help to feed the plants via the roots.

The container for the snapdragons needs to be a little deeper than for the violas, which have a more fibrous root system,

Please tell me, what are 'Johnny jump ups!?'

Can anyone tell me what kind of sage I have please ?

The leaves are furry and green , having no flavour at all , and the flowers are a rosette of yellow snapdragon like flowers.

Can anyone tell me what kind of sage I have please ?
lions tail .not usually used for consuming but can be used to flavor a meat or veggie dish but removed before eating as you would a bay leaf

A homozygous dominant snapdragon flower is red.?

A homozygous dominant snapdragon flower is red. The homozygous recessive flower is white. The heterozygous flower is pink. What is this an example of???

A homozygous dominant snapdragon flower is red.?
incomplete dominance.

if you have RR (red) x rr (white) all the offspring will be Rr (pink)

So you have 2 alleles, 3 genotypes and 3 phenotypes....not like complete dominace where there is 2 alleles, 3 genotypes and 2 phenotypes ( dominant and recessive)...in this case there is a mixed or blended (Rr) possiblity.
Reply:Incomplete dominance

This is where two alleles of a gene which result in both of the alleles being expressed in the phenotype.

For example: In your examples, if one allele is for red flowers and the other allele is for white flowers, then the individual will inherit a blend of the two alleles and have pink flowers.

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Is there such a thing as giant snapdragons?

if so, what stores can i get them at?

Is there such a thing as giant snapdragons?
They are called rocket snaps. The can get three to even four feet tall if you have good soil. They come in different colors too. Good for putting in the back of the flower bed so they can tower over the other smaller flowers.
Reply:I have never seen them but I sure would watch out if I do!!!!!!
Reply:Yes, they are called Giant Snapdragons by the nursery's I go to. They are awesome!

What is the best way to sow flowers inside, so you can plant them out in the summer?

Next year, I'm planting LOADS of flowers, I'm planting them all around my open field near the trees. I'll probably be sowing about 1500 seeds indoors. A lot of the seeds are Annual Foxglove, Hollyhocks, Columbine, Snapdragon, Balloon Flowers, Zinnias, Penstemon, and many more, that I've forgotten. Which is the best, and healthiest way to grow them inside? I was thinking of getting these things called "biodomes" where it can fit 60 seeds, but i would need to many. I might be getting a mini green house thing for indoors, which has floresent lights, and about 4 rows of soil. What is the best way? Any suggections or advice on any of these plants or on sowing them inside? I live in ontario, canada, zone 5, and i will be sowing them side Anyway from Janruary to April. Thanks:D

What is the best way to sow flowers inside, so you can plant them out in the summer?
Wow, that's an awful lot of seeds Dan. First of all you are going to need a place with a bright light source that will reach all those seedlings. I would guess that the mini greenhouses with florescent lights would be best, but you might need more that one for 1500 seeds. If you have a spare room you could set up some tables and place florescent fixtures with one cool and once warm florescent bulb in each above each table. Make it so the fixtures can be raised and lowered because they will need to be no more than 3 inches above the seedlings at all times. This is how I do it for my seedling, but I only start a few hundred indoors. Anyhow, you can get some seedling flats from garden centers, fill with starting soil and plant away or you can get peat cells, but 1500 can get pretty pricey. You said that you would be starting the seeds in January, but that will be too early. You only need to start the seed 6-8 weeks before your last frost. Start them any earlier then you will be looking at leggy plants that will suffer more stress when planted outside. Besides, the older they get the harder they are to keep alive indoors. Well, I hope this helped some.

Good luck

What kind of flower or plant is this?

My grandfather gave me some flower seeds that looked like little black pepper corns. The have grown about 12 inches tall, so far, and have long pointy leaves, thick circular stems with buds growing off the stems. Also, the bottom of the stems are purplish while the rest is green. A few have produced fuschia colored flowers and others are hot pink. The flowers look similiar to snapdragon flowers but are more open. Any ideas what this plant might be?

What kind of flower or plant is this?
You may have a Linaria also called spurred snapdragon or baby snapdragon, or toadflax. Toadflax is in the same family as snapdragons and has a very similar flowers, only smaller. Cultivars include the Fantasy series: Blue, Magenta Rose, White %26amp; Yellow. There is also a Lace series I haven't seen.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55839/

http://www.paghat.com/linaria.html

http://www.paghat.com/linaria2.html

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums...

http://www.ehow.com/how_6721_grow-toadfl...

Linaria maroccana is fragrant

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/130615/

Pineneedle toadflax

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/95417/

The Fairy Snapdragon Linaria origanifolia is more open but is blue. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53024/

http://www.blossomcreekfarm.com/catalog/...
Reply:It sounds like sweet peas. Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to the eastern Mediterranean region from Sicily east to Crete.

It is an annual climbing plant, growing to a height of 1-2 m where suitable support is available. The leaves are pinnate with two leaflets and a terminal tendril, this twining round supporting plants to help it climb. The flowers are purple, 2-3.5 cm broad, in the wild plant, larger and very variable in colour in the many cultivars. Unlike most peas, the seeds of the sweet pea are poisonous as they contain a neurotoxin, and should not be eaten. The illness caused by the ingestion of sweet peas is known as odoratism, or sweet pea lathyrism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_pea Here's a great sit on the seeds and flowers: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid...
Reply:The long pointy leaves and thick circular stems make me think they could be oleander. The flowers of the oleander plant can look vastly different variety to variety. Take a look at http://www.floridata.com/wallpaper/jpg/o... and http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/A... and see if either of these looks like your plant. Good luck finding out what it is!
Reply:That's a real tough question to answer. Especially that we can't see it. I'm sorry I don't know the answer. But you can try to look it up on a flower book.(which might take long.) so, just bring the flower to a professional gardener. He/she'll surely know. Good luck! :)
Reply:Without a picture we can only guess. There are many seeds that look like pepper corns and many flowers that fit your descriptions.

Give us a pic if you can.

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If you plant flowers to attract hummingbirds, what kind do you plant and how soon do you plant them?

I have wisteria blue, gladiolus, astilbe, phlox, lilly of the valley, bleeding heart, hollyhock, red hot poker, lupine, canterbury bells, columbine, larkspur and snapdragon.

If you plant flowers to attract hummingbirds, what kind do you plant and how soon do you plant them?
Good choices. They like bright flowers... especially red, ...but they also like purple, white, orange, pink and blue. They like flowers with trumpet, tubular shapes.

http://birding.about.com/cs/birdshumming...

These are the 10 flowers most used to attract hummingbirds:

Bee Balm

Red Columbine

Delphinium and Hollyhock

Butterfly Bush

Catawba Rhododendron

Rose of Sharon

Trumpet Vine and Trumpet Honeysuckle

Cardinal Vine

Lantana and Fuchsia

Silk Tree

http://landscaping.about.com/cs/forthebi...

Here's a whole page of the hummingbirds favorite flowers, shrubs %26amp; trees, vines %26amp; bulbs; Hummingbirds are attracted to flower colors and nectar, not fragrance:

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/hummingbi...

Aside from the colorful nectar filled flowers, make certain that there is always fresh water available for drinking as well as for bathing. They need sunnny areas and they especially need shady areas to perch as well as to build their nests.

Willows and Eucalyptus trees provide nesting materials along with bits of leaves, spider webs, moss, and lichens to build their tiny nests.

Good Luck! Hope this helps.
Reply:Rose of Sharon is also an excellent choice.
Reply:Red Beebalm is what the hummingbirds really go for in my flower bed. I get some really great viewing as they will feed for a long time. These are by far their favourites and I have many of the same plants you do.

I'm in western Canada and I never plant anything until the end of May or beginning of June when the likelihood of snow is gone. We'd had snow in May and June before and I've lost some plants that way. I sometimes start plants from seeds and usually do that sometime in April indoors and then transplant later.
Reply:I plant salvia, red salvia, they love it, also honney suckle
Reply:Harold the humming birds are attracted to my Night Blooming Jasmine!! I was amazed to see the dozens and dozens of them surrounding the plant. I took a branch from the plant with several flowers on it, held it out to them, and they came right up to it in my hand. it was so great to see. Take care- Jen
Reply:The hummingbirds go crazy for the monarda in my garden but i agree with the other answers that red flowers of most kind of flowers draw them but i also think a feeder helps keep them around also. Hope this helps.
Reply:hummingbirds like bright pink or red flowers. just plant something big and pink. :]
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Snapdragon called me a troll .... I was looking for honest answers that is all?

I was looking for honest answers in relation to 2 year old in foster care with over 40 injuries and snapdragon put a stop to anyone answering ..... very disappointing

Snapdragon called me a troll .... I was looking for honest answers that is all?
That is too many injuries to be a coincidence. Contact Child Welfare and anyone else you can think of in a position of authority. Stay on top of it until that child is removed from that horrible situation.
Reply:I know how you feel. Under "Dental" I posted a notice about the toothpaste recall. I did this to alert people. I had my facts straight when posting the info, but "Happyqboi" called me a liar %26amp; said it was a hoax. He also "reported" me. I guess that's why no one repsonded to my alert. However, when I went back to read his comment again, it was "gone." The recall is legit %26amp; ten states are now involved. In your case, It's really a shame when one asks a simple question %26amp; people can't respect that person's right to ask it. If a person doesn't like a certain question, they need to move on to another one. Perhaps you struck a nerve with Snapdragon? Her day will come %26amp; she will know how you're feeling. Just consider the source. Ignorance is bliss where some are concerned.
Reply:If a 2 year old had over 40 injuries, he would probably be dead. Sounds like a troll to me.
Reply:I was going to check on the question and give you my opinion on the matter, but you have your Q%26amp;A's blocked from view. Unfortunately, my very dear Lady, most Trolls here now adopt the same measure. Although I can admonish Snapdragon for calling you names, I can't truely admonish them for doing so as I can't even see the question myself to answer it.

Very disapointing indeed.
Reply:funny thing is most people that call people trolls are trolls themself
Reply:How did she do that? Perhaps if you opened your Q%26amp;A people may be able to see your original question
Reply:don´t worry i received one from a "christian" telling me A--hole.

I hear people saying thinning out plants. What do you understand under that?

I have Iris, Dahlias, Sunflowers, Marigolds, Snapdragon, Margaritas, Tropicana Canas. Lilies. How do I thin those out?and how do you do that?

I hear people saying thinning out plants. What do you understand under that?
I don't think I would do anything, With the exception of the canna and dahlia, which get put away for the winter. You didn't say how long ago the Iris were planted but I dig mine up and divide them every 4 yrs. The rest of your plants should bite the dust as soon as you get frost. Too late for any thinning this year. If left in place for the winter your sunflowers and marigolds should re sow themselves. RScott
Reply:Well depending on where you live, you might not have to wrry about it. Dahlias, sunflowers, marigolds, snapdragons and canas are all non-hardy plants in the north. However, if you live in a warmer climate and find your plants are overcrowded, jumbled or over-running each other, simply dig up a portion of the plants and relocate them. This gives the plants more room to flourish and produce more flowers for you. It's also a great way to get more landscaping bang for your buck.
Reply:What that means is to remove some of the plants that might be crowded together (pull them out). When plants are too close together, their root systems compete with each other for water and nutrients. This causes the plants to be spindly or otherwise sickly-looking, or they don't produce as many flowers, as big of flowers, as much fruit, etc.

If you have plants that are crowding each other such that they are not growing right, pick the sickliest looking ones and pull them out to relieve the crowding. If everything looks fine and healthy, don't worry about thinning them out unless you just want them to look less crowded together.
Reply:If you grow things from seed you either station sow (one seed every so many inches) or you sprinkle and then thin later.

Even if you station sow, you might sow 2 together and just pick out the weakest one, which is thinning. If you are growing by sprinkling, you pick out all the excess ones, so that the plants are the right distance apart (according to the instructions on the packet).

If you don't thin, you end up with weak, spindly plants that will not look anywhere near as good, or for vegetables, will not produce as good a crop.
Reply:Thinning depends on how long the plant has been in the ground.

Lets begin with the plants you don't thin:

Marigolds

Snapdragon

Sunflowers

Last I heard, Margaritas were an alcoholic beverage, but there may be a flower or plant named a margarita and I've just never heard of it. I'll look it up.

As for the plants you can thin:

Iris

Dahlias

Canna

Lilies

These only need to be thinned every 3-4 years or if they are spreading into an area they are not wanted. All you have to do is dig them up, separate them, replant them where ever you like or give some away. That's about it. Nothing special.

The only thing I found for margarita flowers were flowers in a margarita glass. However, I did find a plant called Fortunella margarita, (kumquat) no thinning required for those.

Snapdragon Seeds?

If you take seeds from a white snapdragon, will the flowers that follow be white also?

Snapdragon Seeds?
White snapdragons should produce all white offspring. Snapdragons show incomplete dominance in regard to red and white. Crossing red and white makes pink.

If RR = red

WW = white

RW = pink

Then WW x WW (white crossed with white)

yields all WW (all white offspring.)
Reply:Should be.

What is the best fertilizer for seedlings, such as pansies, viola, snapdragons etc.?

I use blood and bone and chicken pellets. Is there anything better now.

What is the best fertilizer for seedlings, such as pansies, viola, snapdragons etc.?
I usually plant my seeds and seedlings in Miracle Gro potting soil which contains a slow release version of their fertilizer. Once established I use Miracle Gro to fertilize through the growing season. It's also good for houseplants but don't mix the fertilizer as strong as you would for outside plants. The directions and dilution ratios are on the package.
Reply:I use blood and bone meal for bulbs. Miracle Grow is a good all around fertilizer

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What are some good perennial plants and flowers that will bloom for about a month during the summer?

Snapdragon flower genetics??? More than Incomplete Dominance?

I did a science fair on this with red, white, and pink snapdragons thinking it'd be pretty simple with the whole incomplete dominance (red bred with white makes pink offspring). But then when I colected the seeds with the recorded flower color's parents I got multi-colored flowers (dark pink with white spots etc.) and flowers with red and orange as the offspring. Does anyone know the reason for this or a site that explains this? I know I didn't control the "father" for the first tests, but why would there be orange and yellow and mulit-colored flowers in the first place? I have finished with that project (I tested this for three years trying to figure it out with failure) and am doing a different science project, but I still wonder and would love to have an explanation for it. I know it must be much more than the basic Incomplete Dominance reasonings. Help????

Snapdragon flower genetics??? More than Incomplete Dominance?
Although there could be incomplete dominance at work. The underlying process for a gradient of colors is due to polygenic inheritance or epistatic interaction. Genetic expression is not simply what's written in the DNA but the interaction with genes and the environment. There could also be some linkage of the color genes.
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what is the maens poppy flower

What are some nice perennials that will bloom for about a month (or more) in the summer?

I am planning on having a really big flower garden next year. I would like to plant some perennials, but I would want them to last for about a month, more would be better. I have already bought some gladiolis and some other different kinds of mixed bulbs, and these will bloom for about 1-3 monthes. What are some more? Any lillies or anything like that? I don't care which type of perennial, but as long as it is nice.

Ps. I have a packet of snapdragon seeds and a packet of larkspur seeds that i didn't get to plant this year, will they still be good for next year, so i can plant them then? Thanks in advance.

What are some nice perennials that will bloom for about a month (or more) in the summer?
In my personal and very experienced opinion, nothing can beat the rose. They come in any number of types of bushes, even trees, any number of colors, and bloom from spring to fall with many colorful, fragrant blooms.

Throw the old seeds away, you are doomed to disappoinment planting them.
Reply:I like the standard kind, the term excapes me now but get what you like or better yet get a variety, one that climbs near a trellis, a bush, a tree, different colors, any kind really. Report It

Reply:If you have sunny areas, plant Black Eyed Susans. They start blooming in June here in Missouri and bloom for quite some time. They are very hardy and so pretty. For areas that are mostly shade, you can plant hostas. Mine are flowering now. And when they finish the folage is still pretty. For a anual, plant impations. They bloom all summer and are beautiful untll they freeze in the fall. Here they will reseed themselves.
Reply:As for the seeds lower viability but I have had success with snap dragons that were 2 years old...someone told me that it didn't work but I was pretty sure it did...perennial depends on your area, Ilive in Georgia so many pplants that are perennial here would not be in the North.

If you are in Florida morning glory is perennial. If you are in Georgia it self seeds. If you are Maine I dunno I would go with a rose variety and lillies or iris

check out this link http://gardening.about.com/od/choosingpe...

Just copy it and past it to your url bar on your web browser
Reply:First, the seeds. They should still be pretty good next year if you don't plant them this year. Some of them will loose their viability, but the majority should still germinate. Keep them in a moisture proof container in a dry location at room temperature, but not in direct sunlight. I stick them in a canning jar with a lid, on a closet shelf.

It's hard to recommend perennials without knowing where you live as some do well in some zones but not others. Some that are annuals in some zones are perennials in warmer areas. Your local nursery is by far the best source for that info.

That being said, some of the ones I get the longest and best blooms from here in Texas are coreopsis, yarrow, bellflower, dianthus, coneflowers, black eyed Susans, pincushion flower, rose mallow, lavender, and shasta dasies.

Good luck with your garden!
Reply:snow in summer, green onions if you let them flower, candytuft, delphiniums and hollyhocks.

Is there a flower that looks like snapdragons, but a lot smaller?

They only grow 8 inches tall (max height). I'm sure they aren't snapdragons but they look very similar even the leaves/plant looks similar.

Is there a flower that looks like snapdragons, but a lot smaller?
Mini-snaps. Planted them for the first time this year, made it through a killing frost, great little plants . I'll try to find more if I can find a plant stake. I found it, Toadflax davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54049/ RScott
Reply:Nemesia varieties - many available colors! White, blue, pink, etc. Some have larger flowers than others but all look like mini snapdragons and have a nice scent too. Very nice for containers and low borders. Usually they are forms of N. fruticans and N. capensis and crosses in between.
Reply:edging snaps come in a nice bicolor also
Reply:Fox gloves?
Reply:There are some dwarf snapdragons around, but you might also be thinking of toadflax, Linaria. Linaria maroccana would be my guess if it was in a garden.

http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/image...

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How do i pinch my snapdragons?

I planted some snapdragons that are 6 inches tall and was told they should be pinched to produce a bushier plant. so, what part of the plant needs to be pinched and how do I do it?

How do i pinch my snapdragons?
There is no need to pinch until they flower...after the flower dries up or turns brown, there will be a seed pod that will be left..it is a cluster of hard green covered balls still connected to the plant..that is what needs to be pinched off so that the plant will continue to put its energy into making more leaves and flowers instead of going to seed...
Reply:Pinch off the top bud, this will cause it to bush out. Watch out they could bite.
Reply:with thumb an fingers what else.''

Anyone know a childrens book that has snapdragons and seaweed and pebble soup?

I am a bit fuzzy on details. It was vividly illustrated. There was a garden, and in the garden were snapdragons that were actual dragons. The only other thing I recall is the children eventually made seaweed and pebble soup.

Anyone know a childrens book that has snapdragons and seaweed and pebble soup?
Any chance its part of Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll?

Do you have any tips for growing snapdragons?

I am in Ky, not sure what growing zone that is off hand, but I have not had much luck with snapdragons. I love them, what works for you? Thanks!

Do you have any tips for growing snapdragons?
I find snapdragons are fairly easy to grow. We originally bought a couple of plants and put them into a nice sunny spot and watered them regularly. They spread really easily since they seed themselves. We've had success planting from seeds as well. We didn't really do anything special with them, just threw them into some worked up soil, watered them, and watch them sprout. Could also be that my mom has a green thumb lol
Reply:I dont know if you are trying to start them from seed or if you are buying transplants from a garden store like walmart,kmart or an actual nursery. I have never tried them from seed but when I buy them at the store I have never had a bad plant infact these are supposed to be a annual but most of the time they come back for a few years. They are like a weed put them in a pot or in the ground and water them. The warmer it gets the better they do but just water them sometimes the plants in the pots get watered twice a day and I also fertilize every two weeks from May to the end of July. For the most part I think they like sunshine at least part of the day so sun to part shade. I do love snapdragons many different colors and heights to choose from. I hope this helps good luck!
Reply:I love my Snappers!! :) Give them a sunny spot and watch them go. I buy mine in flats at the nursery rather than growing from seed. I have had Snapdragons survive several seasons if the winters are mild ( I'm in Va. ). They re-seed freely, too. Deadhead the spent blooms. That's really all there is to them.

Something is eating my snapdragons, how do i stop it?

This spring i planted some dwarf snapdragons, for a few months they were fine. But now i noticed that something is eating them not bugs, but an animal... Does anyone know what animal could be doing this(happens at night) and how can i get it to stop? I live by a creek so it could be a number of animals, I never see and footprints so i'm guessing a small animal, if anyone has any suggestions or had the same problem, your advice would be great.

Something is eating my snapdragons, how do i stop it?
Well first I would assume it's some kind of mammal. The good thing about mammals is that they have taste buds so you can use a variety of products that make foliage unpalatable, such as pepper sprays. These are available at any nursery and they do not hurt the plants. If that doesn't work then you can assume the culprit is insects or slugs and use other products that you're already familiar with.
Reply:How do you know it's an animal and not bugs? Beetles, specially weevils (such as adult vine weevils) leave what look just like 'tooth marks', also birds can have a nibble here and there too, though that's mainly at nesting time and tends to be brassica family (cabbages, Cauliflower etc). The weevils wi attack at night and you may well find them in the soil directly below the plants. Birds obviously will wait til sunrise. Almost impossible to guess without a photo or further info tho.

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Can I plant snapdragons right next to grass or will the grass choke the flowers out?

I planted the snapdragons but did not put them in a flower bed, i just planted them in right with the grass. Will this work. snapdragons seem like pretty tough plants.

Can I plant snapdragons right next to grass or will the grass choke the flowers out?
You can snapdragons ( Antirrhinum)likes full sun just don't go cutting the grass with a lawn mower and keep the grass around them short for a little while and give them chance to grow taller...and don't forget to collect seed for next year (the seed will be in little brown cups and very fine much better when you grow your own) this is the only problem growing in grass the seeds that fall don't get to grow well they get cut down when you cut the grass in the beginning of the year.

When will my snapdragons bloom if i sow the seeds now?

i have a lot of snapdragon seeds from last year that i got from my snapdragons, they were the dwarf kinds.. and i have some seeds from the tall kind too. if i sow the seeds now, when will they bloom, if at all? advice? i live in zone 4/5/ ish ontario canada.

When will my snapdragons bloom if i sow the seeds now?
If I were you I wouldn't plant those seeds now. I would go buy some sets and plant those for this season and then in the late summer or very early fall I would sow my seeds from last year. All you really need to do is scratch them in a bit. Next year you should have a lovely early patch of snapdragons. If you plant them now they will hardly get a chance to bloom at all before the frost, but if they are in the ground next spring they will sprout as soon as they are able and you should have a nice showing. I always had volunteer seedlings in MN that would turn out beautifully.