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Angelface® Blue (old) Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia hybrid

  • Exposure
    • Sun
  • Season
    • Spring
    • Summer
  • Mature Size
    • 18 - 24 Inches
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Angelface® Blue (old) Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia hybrid
Sun 18 - 24

Theres nothing like a good haircut to make a girl feel like a million bucks. Its so true it should be Newtons Fourth Law. But I have no idea why it feels twice as thick a week later. For example, cut some of my 18-24 inch tall upright stems covered with snapdragon-y blue-purplish flowers and guess what? In a few days Ill look every bit as bushy as before. So sharpen up those pruners, baby. I look terrific in a vase. You wont see me going all floppy and falling apart in fifteen minutes, no way. Ill keep my looks for 10 days+. Change the water every other day and it could be 10++.

Container, bed, planter or border: Ill stay my usual fabulous self even in the South and Midwests notorious heat and humidity. By August when most plants look deep fried, I look fresh as an, um, Angelonia. Thats because Im a Proven Winners hybrid a much improved version of an old-fashioned Angelonia (a.k.a. summer snapdragon). Drought tolerant. Full sun. Annual except in zones 10 - 11. No deadheading. Beautiful, tough and vigorous from spring until the first hard frost. Sounds like a Fifth Law to me.

Features

Blooms all season; heat and drought tolerant plants; grape-scented foliage; low maintenance

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Fragrant Foliage
Heat Tolerant
Deadheading Not Necessary
Drought Tolerant
Resists: 
Deer
Native to North America

Characteristics

Garden Height: 
18 - 24 Inches
Spacing Maximum: 
14 Inches
Spread Maximum: 
0 Inches
Flower Colors: 
Blue
Flower Colors: 
Purple
Flower Shade: 
Blue-Purple
Foliage Colors: 
Green
Foliage Shade: 
Green
Habit: 
Upright
Container Role: 
Thriller

Plant Needs

Light Requirement: 
Sun
Bloom Time: 
Planting To Hard Frost
Hardiness Zones: 
10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Uses: 
Cut Flower
Uses: 
Landscape
Uses: 
Container
Uses Notes: 

Use in combinations, window boxes and landscaping

Duration: 
Annual
Water Category: 
Average
Maintenance Category: 
Easy
Maintenance Notes: 

Self-cleaning, no dead-heading necessary.

Angelonia are heat-loving plants that will grow most vigorously and bloom best when the heat is on. They are plants best planted in mid-spring or later, since they wont really grow until the temperatures warm up. Angelonia will tolerate wet feet and a fair amount of drought. The plants are easy care with no deadheading needed. A bit of fertilizer or some compost in a garden bed is usually all that is needed for these plants to thrive. Due to their heat-loving nature they are one of the plants that can be planted even during the heat of mid-summer.

Dont forget that Angelface are great long lasting cut flowers with a slight grape soda fragrance. Try some in a flower arrangement this year and see for yourself!

An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.

Patent Information: 
Angelface® Blue (old) Angelonia angustifolia hybrid 'Anblauzwei' PP: 14189 Can. PP: 1921
Plant Fun Statement: 
My COLOR cannot be CONTAINED.
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