Linaria ‘Northern Lights Mix’

Linaria maroccana

Features

  • Easy to grow
  • Medium producer
  • Pollinator-friendly

Description

Linaria, also known as toadflax, is a delicate, airy plant with flowers that look just like baby snapdragons! They remind us of fairy flowers and look super sweet threaded into a bouquet. Plants have fern-like foliage and produce 10 to 12 long, wispy stems smothered in miniature blooms in a range of smoky peach, fuchsia, candy-pink, dusty rose, lavender, grape purple, and white in varying levels of color intensity, all with yellow throats. They’re great to scatter in with wildflower mixes, and dance in the breeze. Bees love them, too.

Details

Plant type: annual
Height: 18 to 24 in
Site: suitable for some degree of shade
Days to maturity: 50 to 60 days
Plant spacing: 9 in
Pinch: not necessary

Seed Sowing & Growing Notes

Start seed indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost; transplant out once the weather has warmed.

Harvesting/Vase Life

Harvest early when just the bottom 2 to 3 flowers on a stem are open, before they can be pollinated by insects. Expect a vase life of 7 to 10 days.

Details

Description

Linaria, also known as toadflax, is a delicate, airy plant with flowers that look just like baby snapdragons! They remind us of fairy flowers and look super sweet threaded into a bouquet. Plants have fern-like foliage and produce 10 to 12 long, wispy stems smothered in miniature blooms in a range of smoky peach, fuchsia, candy-pink, dusty rose, lavender, grape purple, and white in varying levels of color intensity, all with yellow throats. They’re great to scatter in with wildflower mixes, and dance in the breeze. Bees love them, too.

Details

Plant type: annual
Height: 18 to 24 in
Site: suitable for some degree of shade
Days to maturity: 50 to 60 days
Plant spacing: 9 in
Pinch: not necessary

Seed Sowing & Growing Notes

Start seed indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost; transplant out once the weather has warmed.

Harvesting/Vase Life

Harvest early when just the bottom 2 to 3 flowers on a stem are open, before they can be pollinated by insects. Expect a vase life of 7 to 10 days.

Sources

How to Grow

Winter Mini Course

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