Commercial varieties and cultivars

Photo taken by Kurt Stüber

The the year 1992 the Bundessortenamt (Germany) compared 231 different commercially available varieties of snapdragons.

1992 Snapdragon Evaluation.

In the Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben (IPK) a snapdragon herbarium is kept which also comprises specimens of cultivars

Gatersleben Snapdragon Herbarium

A new (as of 2. February 1997) list of snapdragon seeds has been compiled by Kai Berger and Kurt Stüber. This list is very extensive and has a size of about 450 KByte. It contains informations about varieties, quantities, colours and prizes for about 1000 combinations. ATTENTION: We have taken the current prices from the latest cataloques but do not guarantee that they are correct. For information about current prizes contact the seed companies directly. See their addresses.

Snapdragon seed list from 1997 ~450 KByte, contains very big table!

There are new breeds of triploid snapdragons available from Japan:

Triploid snapdragon series Chihaya (English)
Triploid snapdragon series Chihaya (Japanese site)

Many varieties can also be found in the 1998 cataloque from Thompson & Morgan.

Thompson and Morgan Cataloque 1998 (NEW!)

Varieties mentioned in the literature (Atkinson NJ et al. 1988):

"Black Prince"
"Coronet"
"Kymosy Blanc"
"Little Darling"
"Orange Glow"
"Victory"
"White Monarch"
"Wisley Golden Fleece"
"Yellow Freedom"

Some (unnamed) varieties were photographed in nearby gardens or parks. They usually belong to "giant" or "maximum" crosses:

Pink variety photo 1 kst still 1 (47226 Bytes)
Pink variety photo 2 kst still 2 (46271 Bytes)
Pink-Yellow variety kst still 4 (37471 Bytes)
Yellow variety kst still 14 (38886 Bytes)
White (slightly rose) variety kst still 15 (41938 Bytes)
Another pink variety:
- kst still 12 (41699 Bytes)
- kst still 13 (41265 Bytes)

Also some varieties are found with a creeping or dangling growth:

kst still 21 Pink flower. (41890 Bytes) of dangling snapdragon.
kst still 8 Pink flower front view. (47485 Bytes) of dangling snapdragon
kst still 9 Dangling snapdragon. (92254 Bytes) in a pot.

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This page has last been modified on August 27, 1997.