Angelonia

Angelonia is also called summer snapdragon and once you get a good look at it, you'll know why. It has salvia-like flower spires that reach a foot or two high, but they're studded with fascinating snapdragon-like flowers with beautiful colorations in purple, white, or pink. It's the perfect plant for adding bright color to hot, sunny spaces. This tough plant blooms all summer long with spire-like spikes of blooms. While all varieties are beautiful, keep an eye out for the sweetly scented selections.

While most gardeners treat angelonia as an annual, it is a tough perennial in Zones 9-10. Or, if you have a bright, sunny spot, you can even keep it flowering all winter indoors.

Light:

Sun

Zones:

9-10

Plant Type:

Annual

Plant Height:

1-2 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-2 feet wide

Flower Color:

Blooms in shades of white, pink, or purple, depending on type

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers, Fragrant, Attracts Butterflies, Drought Tolerant, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Angelmist Dark Plum angelonia

(Angelonia Angelmist Dark Plum) is one of the darkest colored selections; it bears deep purple flowers all summer and grows 2 feet tall.
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Angelmist Lavender angelonia

(Angelonia Angelmist Lavender) offers clear lavender-purple blooms on 2-foot-tall plants.
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Angelmist Purple Stripe angelonia

(Angelonia Angelmist Purple Stripe) is an eye-catching selection with deep purple flowers that have bold white edges. It grows 2 feet tall.
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Serena White angelonia

(Angelonia Serena White) forms a compact, mounding plant that stays about a foot tall and is covered in white blooms.
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