Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus

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Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus
© Bob Gibbons

The tight-lipped flowers of snapdragon come in a whole range of colours, from acid yellow through pink and red to bright orange. The leaves are lance-shaped and the familiar spikes of 'bunny rabbit' flowers are bunched at the top of the stems. These easy- to- grow annuals need a sunny spot in any well-drained soil and can self-seed.

Although not native, snapdragon has been cultivated in Britain since Elizabethan times, and is a good nectar source for bumble bees, about the only insects, other than toadflax pollen beetles Brachypterus sp. which are capable of opening the flowers.

Animals

Beetles, Buff-tailed bumble bee, Red-tailed bumble bee, White-tailed bumble bee

Foliage	Green
Flower	Purple, June to October
Moisture	(Dry)
Sunlight	(Full sun)
Origin	Non-native