How to Cut a Snapdragon Flower for Continuous Blooming

Snapdragons, or Antirrhinum majus, are pretty summer flowers that bloom from June through October and make attractive cut flowers. Children of all ages enjoy playing with the flowers and making believe they are small dragon-like creatures with big mouths. Many varieties of snapdragons exist, with a height ranging from 6 to 48 inches. Colors include lavender, pink, white, purple and bi-colored. To encourage continuous blooming, trim your snapdragon flowers back on a regular basis.

Compost or peat moss
Clippers or scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Grow your snapdragons in an area that receives full sun or light shade for the best flowering results. They also like soil that drains quickly and contains compost or peat moss. Also, limit the amount of fertilizer you give your snapdragon. The nitrogen in many plant foods causes excessive foliage growth at the expense of flowers.
- 2
  Deadhead spent blossoms when they appear. Cut spent flowers at their base at an angle that follows the stem. Because this plant is a prolific bloomer, you might need to search through your plant to find the faded flowers.
- 3
  Cut back tall plants to as much as half their height. Cut parallel to the ground just above a leaf or flower node and use the tops in a floral arrangement. New flowering stems will grow from nodes just below the cut area.

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