Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus 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.
AnimalsBeetles, Buff-tailed bumble bee, Red-tailed bumble bee, White-tailed bumble bee
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