Antirrhinum aka snapdragon

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  1. Spruce

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    Morning ...

    I havnt grown these for years....

    a new variety to me which I have ordered is Rembrandt, I quite like a by colour plus this colour gives some punch and loved by bumble bees

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    couple of questions

    • How long do they flower for

    • can you prune after flowering to encourage new flowers

    • any dos and dont


    I look forward to your reply's (hopefully)

    Spruce
     
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      Dead easy and self seeders too so you should have ones popping up after the first season.
      Yes to more flowers after pruning or dead heading and as I recall a pretty long flowering period.
       
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        Only down side I used to find was they can get rust in late summer.
         
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          Really? Have never had that so it never occurred they might be susceptible
           
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          I haven't grown them for years so I probably could get away with it again, maybe my no watering approach didn't help.
           
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            hopefully I wont get rust , as its a new variety and from seed plus I have never grown in this garden since I moved in 15 years ago
             
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              *update* seeds all planted I have used jiffy pellets ,, the seeds are tiny
               
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