are snapdragons weeds or plants?

Question

remember them when i was a kid thought they were nice flowers for kids to have around them?

Answer 1

Snapdragons, or Antirrhinums, are a popular bedding plant for the garden. The flower grows in the shape of a dragon head, or rabbit, which gives the common name 'bunnies' in the trade!
There are numerous colours to choose from, and in some countries, eg Malta, they grow wild, but are mostly pink in colour.

Answer 2

Snapdragons are an easy to grow annual. Most varieties are early summer bloomers. They often wilt in the mid-summer's heat, but often perk back up and bloom again in cooler fall weather. Grows 1 1/2' to 3' tall. Plant Snap Dragons outdoors after the last frost for your area. Fertilise once a month. Flowers will bloom in June. After the flowers have died off, cut the plant back to about six inches. Then add fertiliser. This will promote new growth and a second bloom. They are a favourite flower for cutting and fragrance. Strong-stemmed spikes are tightly packed with large "dragons" in white, yellow, purple, crimson, bronze, pink in a range of hues. Long lasting flowers

Answer 3

Snapdragon - Garden Basics - .................Flower........... - Annual

http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/info/flowers/annuals/snapdrag.asp
............Kids Love Them....................
Snapdragons are a particular favorite .........of children
who like to pinch the tiny individual blossoms and make the "dragon mouth" open and close. Their large, blossom-laden flower heads are faintly fragrant and come in in a wide assortment of bright colors. The vertical flower spikes, opening gradually from the bottom to the top, are available in two heights: dwarf varieties grow to about 10 inches while the taller types grow to a height of 18-24 inches. A vareity that grows up to 5 feet has been developed, but it must be staked. A single snapdragon plant may produce seven or eight blossom spikes in the course of a summer.

Answer 4

Typically Snapdragons' (Antirrhinum majus) are annual plants, although some are grown one year, to flower the next - as well as in the autumn, from summer sowings.

They do seed themselves quite easily, so some people might regard them as weeds - I just view them as a way to avoid having to buy new seeds/plants. All self-sown plants can loose the special traits that their parents have, such as 'F1' hybrids (crosses of 2 parents, each with valuable traits, that pass on to their 1st generation offspring. When reseeding, they loose this exact match of beneficial traits).

There is a weedy type 'snapdragon', that is invasive to some places, this is Linaria vulgaris, which you can find info. on at the following site:
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/yellowtoadflax.shtml

Good luck! Rob

Answer 5

Here's a great site for you to go to that has photos of the seedlings of manual plants. Also don't be scared by the words monocots means one vein direction like a grass plant or palm tree dicot means viens that go in mutiple directions like a tree branch. California poppies have leaves that look like silver ferns and are a bluish green color. If you see a plant in the yard else where and not in your garden it's a weed. Also weeds grow faster than flower seeds in general.

Answer 6

Definition of a weed is a plant were you dont want it to be. I remember them as a flower

Answer 7

Beautiful flowering plants..

Answer 8

really beatiful flowers and as a bonus, bees love them too. Happy days!

Answer 9

A weed is any plant you do not want in your garden.You decideXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Answer 10

plants. antyrhiniums