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Antirrhinum
Snapdragon
“graciousness and inner strength”
The snapdragon's Latin name, Antirrhinum, means 'like a snout', and generations of children have squeezed its blooms to make the dragon's jaws snap. Native to the rocky places of southern Europe, it came to symbolise graciousness and inner strength, a nod to its knack for flowering in unpromising ground. Its tall, colour-laden spires bring height and movement to an arrangement.
In season, and in the studio
Snapdragon is in season May to September; it is not in the studio in October, and a bunch asked for it then is offered the nearest stem instead. In the studio's bunches it is a secondary flower, the supporting cast that gives a bunch its shape and rhythm around the focal stem. The studio buys it in white, peach and raspberry, and at the bench each colour is read for its own meaning.
What each colour says
- Whitegraciousness and good will
- Peachgentle strength and warm sincerity
- Raspberrybold spirit and lively admiration
Right for
Bunches with snapdragon in them
The studio’s bunches that name this stem, arranged to order in Sevenoaks and delivered by the van.
Arranges beautifully with
Pairings follow the florist's rule: one voice leads and the others frame it (focal, secondary, texture, green).