Linaria Species, Purple Toadflax, Perennial Toadflax

Self-sows here in Boston Z6a.

The flowers are not visible from a distance---to have any impact, they need to be seen clo...Read Morese up.

Armitage says plants are hardy to about 5F, and have a hard time making it through the hot summers of eastern N. America south of Z6, where they should be fall planted and treated as a winter annual.

Linaria purpurea grows wild along the roadsides here in New Zealand. It is a very hardy, self seeding, pretty plant.

Good cut flower. Reblooms beautifully after deadheading. Fills in its space nicely. Flowers are small, so they need to be enjoyed up clos...Read Moree; plant it close to the edge. Self-seeds nicely, not aggressively for me.