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Linaria- (Alpine Toadflax)
Linaria alpina |
The small Toadflax are eye-catching perennials with Snagdragon-like
flowers. These blooms are generally bicolored or multicolored and are borne
in culsters alone a trailing stems. The leaves, which are borne in whorls,
die down in winter. The popular species as two key features, the flowering
span is long, extending from late spring to early autumn, but the life span
of the plant is short, often no more than a couple of years.
VARIETIES:
The usual one is
L.
alpina, which grows wild in the European Alps. It is an attractive creeper
growing about 5-6 in. high, the trailing stems bearing bluish-grey fleshy
leaves and forming a neat mat. The flowering season is May-September, each
bloom is violet and orange. Here is a pink
(rosea) variety.
L.
alpina self-seeds readily so there is usally a supply of new plants- another
species which produces new plants from
self-sown seeds
is the yellow-flowered
L.
supina. The brightest
Linaria is
L.
tristis
'Toubkal' with
blooms in yellow, red and purple.
SITE
& SOIL:
Requires well-drained garden soil - thrives in full sun.
PROPAGATION:
Sow seeds or divide clumps in spring.
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