Snapdragon Madame Butterfly Cherry Bronze – West Coast Seeds

Antirrhinum majus

• High performing hybrid seed
• For greenhouse or field production
• Rose and coral hued blooms

Unique azalea type snapdragon with ruffled, double-petaled blooms. Cut Madame Butterfly’s tall spikes of rose and coral hued flowers for full displays with an antique look. Harvest when the lower 1/3 of flowers on the stem are open. 66-89cm (26-35) plants can be grown in a greenhouse or in the open field and garden.

Approx. 50 seeds

Timing: Start snapdragons indoors, 8-10 weeks before planting out. Transplant out after last frost. Direct sowing is less reliable. Provide bright light and a soil temperature of 12C (55F). Seeds should sprout in 10-21 days.

Starting: Sow on the surface of a sterilized seed starting mix. To avoid damping off (to which snapdragons are somewhat prone), increase ventilation, use a layer of vermiculite on top of the soil, and water only from below. Transplant outonce daytime temperatures are consistently above 10C (50F) and space30cm (12) apart.