Amazing Chinese Snapdragon Flower

Common snapdragon

Seeds during the spring and autumn in the south, the north spring sowing.Seeds small, seedbed to soak first, after waiting for the water area, don't overburden soil, seedbed stays wet.Not resistant to heat, cold, half shadow.Xi loose, fertile and well drained soil, pH 5.5 ~ 7.0, seeding and flowering 11 weeks.Long sunshine promote flower bud differentiation, temperature on plant height, number of flowers and flower have obvious influence.This kind of flower is compact, design and color is gorgeous, for the fine flower bed and flower border material, can be potted ornamental.

Perennial erect herb, stem base sometimes lignification, up to 80 cm tall.In the stem base glabrous, upper glandular hairs, sometimes branched at base.Lower leaves opposite, upper often alternate, shortstipitate;Leaf blade glabrous, lanceolate to moment cone lanceolate, 2 -- 6 cm long, margin entire.
Raceme, densely glandular hairy;Pedicels 5-7 mm;Calyx with pedicel almost isometric, 5 deep cleft, lobes ovate, obtuse or acute;Corolla color from red to white, purple, 3-5 cm long, base decurrent into pocket shape in front, upper lip erect, wide, two and a half to crack, lower lip 3 shallow crack, in the central swell up lip, the throat of closed corolla mask shaped;Stamens 4, 2 is strong.