Planting guide

When to plant snapdragon

Tall spires of ruffled blooms that last well in a vase and in cool weather. In Melbourne it goes in Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Start as: Seedling or Seed started indoors
Flowers in: 11–16 wks
Spacing: 25 cm
Depth: 0.1 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Colours: pink, red, yellow, white, orange, purple, multi
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means snapdragon can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Melbourne	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Brisbane	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
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Adelaide	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Gold Coast	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Newcastle	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Canberra	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Central Coast	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Geelong	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wollongong	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Hobart	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Townsville	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Mandurah	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bendigo	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Launceston	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Mackay	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bunbury	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Mildura	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wellington	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Christchurch	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
London	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Manchester	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
New York City	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Chicago	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Austin	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Toronto	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Johannesburg	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Singapore	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Berlin	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant snapdragon

Sow tiny seed on the surface of seed mix and keep it lightly damp.
Plant out in autumn or early spring.
Pinch the first shoot for bushier plants.
Cut spikes when a third of the flowers are open.

Snapdragon varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Tetra Mix Classicheirloom · mixed · 11–16 wksMixed colours
Tom Thumb Mixed Classicdwarf · mixed · pot-friendly · 11–16 wksMixed colours
Appleblossom Classic11–16 wksSold by The Seed Collection
Canary Bird Classic11–16 wksSold by The Seed Collection
Cherry Twist Adventurous11–16 wksSold by The Seed Collection

Where to buy seeds

Buy on The Seed Collection Buy on Seeds of Plenty Search on Happy Valley Seeds

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Snapdragon by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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