Growing Maximum Mix Snapdragon Garden Seeds

Snapdragon Maximum Mix seeds are easy to grow and may be sown directly outside after final frost or, for early blooms, start indoors 6-10 weeks prior to last frost. Freeze seeds for 48 hours before sowing. Do not cover Maximum Mix seeds during germination, full light will help seeds germinate in 8-14 days. Transplant once there are two true sets of leaves into your choice of a sunny indoor or outdoor spot. In warm climates, plant in late summer for fall, winter, and spring blooms. Plant Maximum Mix snapdragon seeds 1/8 inch deep and 8-12 inches apart in moist, Organic, and well-drained soil in full sun. Maximum Mix snapdragons are one of the more versatile varieties of snapdragon and are hardy, vigorous growers in cool, moderate summers with no serious threat from pests or disease. Maximum Mix snapdragon seeds mature in 115-121 days as 30-36 inch tall bushy uprights with a 6-12 inch spread and long blossoming stalks of a mix of rose, scarlet, canary, pink, cream, red, yellow, and white.

Antirrhinum majus is native to the cool and temperate Mediterranean including regions of Morocco, Portugal, southern France, and east into Turkey and Syria. Snapdragon earns its name because of the reaction the stalks have when harvesting blooms, which causes the "mouth" of the flower to snap open like a dragon and then close.