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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Perennials, Annual, Perennial, Erect herb up to 50 cm
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
Flower
Come in many colors depending on cultivar, two-lipped dragon head flowers appear on terminal racemes. of various colors of anthocyanin & carotenoid pigments. Calyx 5-lobed, persistent in fruit. Corolla zygomorphic, throat closed off by lower lip., Flowers red to yellow, tubular, strongly 2-lipped
Fruit
A capsule, half hidden by calyx lobes, short-beaked., Capsule ovoid, velvety green.
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
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Taxonomy
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Antirrhinum