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06.06.2023 - 16:33 / gardenerspath.com / Sylvia Dekker
How to Propagate Snapdragons from CuttingsSnapdragons (Antirrhinum majus), perennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 to 10 and annual in other temperate regions, are one of the most popular garden plants and cut flowers out there, and for good reason.
If you like bright colors, they’ve got that covered. Or if you prefer pastels, snapdragons can bring it.
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When it comes to fragrance, snaps will have you analyzing sweet notes of bubblegum, citrus, and a perfume that you can’t quite put your finger on but remember from your childhood.
Bees – especially bumblebees – like them too, so you can check “attracts pollinators” off your list.
If you’re already growing some, or a friend has them growing in the garden, you don’t need to head to the nursery to get more. And you don’t need to wait for them to produce seeds, either.
Snapdragons can be propagated not only via their seeds, but also from cuttings. That’s exactly what we’ll talk about in this article.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
Why Cuttings?There are several reasons why you may want to propagate snapdragons via cuttings rather than starting seeds.
You want more plants now, and you can’t wait for your plants to produce seeds. Or, you might not want to wait for the seeds to germinate.
Plants propagated via cuttings reach maturity and bloom faster than those grown from seed.
You may want to skip over the seedling stage, at which point the tender young snapdragons are more vulnerable to disease, especially the fungal pathogens that cause damping off.
With cuttings, you go straight from clippings to rooting young plants.
You might want exact clones of your friend’s grandma’s multicolor
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