Potomac Lavender snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus 'Potomac Lavender'
USDA zones7 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2.5 to 4 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Lavender
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Potomac Lavender' snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus 'Potomac Lavender') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, and containers. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Its tall spikes of fragrant lavender flowers reach 32 to 48 inches and attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Calendula, Anemone, and Jacob’s ladder.