Linaria Maroccana Northern Lights Seeds

Description

With miniature Snapdragon-like flowers that glisten from short spikes, hardy perennial Linaria maroccana is one of the best ever, cheery and colourful of all garden plants. Appropriately named, this ethereal-hued variety blooms with all the colours of the Northern Lights, a multitude of bright shades and hues including amethyst, violet and magenta. Linaria maroccana, often called ‘Fairy Flax’ when it was introduced into gardens in 1872, is an erect, slender annual plant with small lance-shaped fleshy, emerald green leaves. The long-spurred, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers appear in June to September in a multitude of bright colours and reach a height of around 50 to 60cm (20 to 24in) tall with a spread of 25 to 30cm (10 to 12in).