Antirrhinum, Cultuvars and growing season?

[madiha]

what is the growing season of antirrhinum and how many varieties of antirrhinum in Pakistan???

[Farhan Ahmed]

Growing season is from Oct-Nov to April for your area. Its cool season annual.

Some of the cultivars available locally

Sonnet Series
Floral carpet Series
Madame butterfly Series

[madiha]

thank you. and which type of soil is best for this plant???

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

[Farhan Ahmed]

Normal garden soil and maybe some addition of cow manure. It depends on your soil, if its not poor.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Aoa as Farhan said well drained normal soil,well rotted cow manure is required for healthy Snapdragons.plant seedlings after three weeks mix some DAP(take care not to over dose) into the soil lightly hoeing.after that water it.there are two very popular varieties available on the market.F-1 Floral showers which is dwarf day length neutral series.its day length neutral so it blooms very fast(autumn).second variety is F-1 Sonnet.its a medium hight grower & needs at least 11-12 hours day length so its a late bloomer.its root system is very strong.i usually plant this variety in my garden as i have posted some pictures.
If you want some thing different then pink Madame Butterfly F1.this is also day length variety.if you want dwarf then pick F-1 Little darling but its not very commonly available on the market.

[madiha]

thank you. it is very helpful for me.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

There is another variety also available on the market.Its F-1 Admiral series.its good if you want to plant Antirrhinum in the back of the bed or against a wall.its a tall grower & needs staking.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I could not get seeds of open face Antirrhinum from any one in lahore although they had advertised. Some had the seeds but wanted me to buy a full packet so I could not grow them.
Those who are growing it, save some seeds for me.
Thanks
Arif