Angelonia Species, Summer Snapdragon

This turned out to be a true winner in my garden in Houston. Our extreme heat has not bothered it, not did the very wet summer we have h...Read Moread. It has bloomed non-stop. It is colorful but delicate and has an airy look to it.

My absolute favorite annual. I'm Zone 3 and purchase 3 each year. One pink, one blue and white, and one purple. A little spendy for ann...Read Moreuals but worth the price because they look like miniature orchids in abundance and are a graceful touch in any garden. Lightning-Bug!

I am so pleased with this plant. I bought one at the beginning of summer and it did so well, I bought two more later. We have hot, dry ...Read Moresummers but all three plants did beautifully in large containers on my full sun patio. Bloomed all summer and didn't need deadheading! All three are still blooming in November, though fading a bit now. Wonderful!

Love this plant more than any other plant I've ever grown, with the possible exception of my 'old fashioned screw pine'!
I bough...Read Moret it locally (Northern Baltimore) in the spring, even though it was a little pricey for my novice/container gardening style. I put it in a big pot in full sun, sprayed it with some food every now and then during the summer, watered it w/recycled water (the drought of '02), and it grew as big as a small shrub, and positively loaded with flowers all summer long. I've cut long beautiful stems of flowers every week for my (again, novice) arrangements. It's colorful, yet airy and graceful, not showy. Highly recommend it.

A perennial from Brazil.

Has lance like, hairy, mid green leaves on tall erect stems. Bears white, sometimes spotted with...Read More red or lilac flowers which look a little like tiny snapdragons flattened from the front.

Flowers June-August.

Like a moist, well drained, humus rich soil in full sun.

Not hardy and will probably only take temperatures down to 52F. Bring indoors in frost prone areas.