Candy Showers Orange, also known as Antirrhinum majus or Garden Snapdragon, is an annual flowering plant native to China. Sakata developed this cultivar for its trailing growth, strong foliage, and short-day blooming. This plant offers a semi-trailing mounded habit of 5-7" tall and 10-12" wide, well-suited to hanging baskets, combination containers, and landscape borders. In cool regions, orange flowers bloom from spring through fall. Hot weather can stop blooming during summer, but this variety is excellent for spring or fall sales. Add a burst of color to the garden or patio, attracting bees and hummingbirds.
Candy Showers Orange Selling Tips
Sell Candy Showers Orange to customers looking for a low-maintenance colorful annual for a hanging basket or mixed container. This plant is one of the only trailing snapdragons available from seed and offers strong branches, prolific flowering, and tolerates cool weather. Create a striking blend of color and texture in the landscape or a patio container by growing this plant alongside Flowering Kale, Cabbage, and Pansies.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 10-12" apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Water once a week or more often in containers or in dry weather.
3. Remove plants after frost or replace them in the spring.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Candy Showers Orange, plant one seedling per 4-inch container or three per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.5-5.8, an EC under 1.0 mS/cm, temperatures of 60-65 daytime and 50-60 nighttime, and light feed with a Cal/Mag composition of 15-5-15 (150-200 ppm N). Long days aren't required, but daylight extension to 10.5-14 hours will improve flowering. Watch for thrips, aphids, and spider mites. This plant can be prone to mildew, root rot, rust, and impatiens necrotic spot virus.
Flowering
Orange flowers bloom from spring through fall, slowing down in hot weather.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
Height Control
This plant doesn't require PGRs.
Pests
You may see aphids, thrips, and spider mites.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease, but mildew, root rot, rust, and INSV can develop. Prevent disease by following these protocols.
1. Water at the base of each plant in the morning, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
2. Practice good sanitization, using clean media and containers for planting and disposing properly of any infected materials.
3. Provide good airflow. We recommend using horizontal airflow fans.
4. Give containers plenty of space so air and sunlight can reach the soil level of each plant.
Planting Candy Showers Orange Liners
We recommend planting one seedling per 4-inch container or three per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil and center or evenly space the seedlings in the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Candy Showers Orange, also known as Antirrhinum majus or Garden Snapdragon, is an annual flowering plant native to China. Sakata developed this cultivar for its trailing growth, strong foliage, and short-day blooming. This plant offers a semi-trailing mounded habit of 5-7" tall and 10-12" wide, well-suited to hanging baskets, combination containers, and landscape borders. In cool regions, orange flowers bloom from spring through fall. Hot weather can stop blooming during summer, but this variety is excellent for spring or fall sales. Add a burst of color to the garden or patio, attracting bees and hummingbirds.
Candy Showers Orange Selling Tips
Sell Candy Showers Orange to customers looking for a low-maintenance colorful annual for a hanging basket or mixed container. This plant is one of the only trailing snapdragons available from seed and offers strong branches, prolific flowering, and tolerates cool weather. Create a striking blend of color and texture in the landscape or a patio container by growing this plant alongside Flowering Kale, Cabbage, and Pansies.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 10-12" apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Water once a week or more often in containers or in dry weather.
3. Remove plants after frost or replace them in the spring.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Candy Showers Orange, plant one seedling per 4-inch container or three per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.5-5.8, an EC under 1.0 mS/cm, temperatures of 60-65 daytime and 50-60 nighttime, and light feed with a Cal/Mag composition of 15-5-15 (150-200 ppm N). Long days aren't required, but daylight extension to 10.5-14 hours will improve flowering. Watch for thrips, aphids, and spider mites. This plant can be prone to mildew, root rot, rust, and impatiens necrotic spot virus.
Flowering
Orange flowers bloom from spring through fall, slowing down in hot weather.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
Height Control
This plant doesn't require PGRs.
Pests
You may see aphids, thrips, and spider mites.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease, but mildew, root rot, rust, and INSV can develop. Prevent disease by following these protocols.
1. Water at the base of each plant in the morning, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
2. Practice good sanitization, using clean media and containers for planting and disposing properly of any infected materials.
3. Provide good airflow. We recommend using horizontal airflow fans.
4. Give containers plenty of space so air and sunlight can reach the soil level of each plant.
Planting Candy Showers Orange Liners
We recommend planting one seedling per 4-inch container or three per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil and center or evenly space the seedlings in the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
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