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Old 20-08-2010, 01:07 AM posted to rec.gardens
Amos Nomore Amos Nomore is offline
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Default Good trellis plants - snapdragons?

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"gloria.p" wrote:

Paul M. Cook wrote:
I'm liking the idea of creepers and snapdragons. Literature says they
don't
require especially great soil. They sound perfect to me.




Snapdragons are annuals and they don't vine.

The distantly related twining snapdragon, Asarina scandens, has similar
flowers, blooms profusely all summer, and climbs a good 6 feet in a few
months. It would need to be started from seeds and is probably annual in
Paul's zone.