Bertrand's Giant Snapdragon Mix Seeds (Organic)

Antirrhinum majus ‘Bertrand’s Giant Mixture’ brings classic cottage-garden charm with a bold, modern punch. This striking snapdragon blend blooms in a cheerful mix of yellows, whites, reds, and pinks—plus the occasional variegated or bicolor surprise. The plants grow slowly and steadily into tall, sturdy spires with healthy foliage and strong stems, making them a distinctive in borders, cutting gardens, and mixed beds where you want height and long-lasting color. Expect a long season of bloom once plants get going—these snapdragons are the “slow and steady” kind that reward patience with months of vibrant flower spikes.

Mix Details

• Botanical name: Antirrhinum majus
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Antirrhinum majus ‘Bertrand’s Giant Mixture’ brings classic cottage-garden charm with a bold, modern punch.
• Recorded feature: Good Cut Flower
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Light: Full Sun
• Planting season: Spring
• Starting location: Start Indoors & Transplant
• Recorded soil pH: 6.0 - 6.8

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Bertrand's Giant Snapdragon Mix and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Tuck them behind mounding annuals, weave them through a pollinator border, or plant in dedicated rows for bouquets.

Their upright form adds structure to garden design, and the tall stems are easy to harvest for arrangements without sacrificing the beauty of your beds.

Snapdragon florets are edible—pick them young for a tender texture and use them to garnish salads, desserts, or summer drinks for a playful, colorful finish.

Because this packet contains a mix, component proportions and the number of varieties visible in a small planting will vary. Emergence, growth rate, mature size, color, and harvest or bloom timing can also differ among components and with site conditions. Evaluate the planting across the full season rather than assuming the first seedlings, flowers, or harvest represent the entire mix.

Place Bertrand's Giant Snapdragon Mix where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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