Asarina procumbens
Chickabiddy, Procumbent creeping snapdragon
Also known as Antirrhinum asarina
- Height × spread
- 0.3m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
This is a charming trailing plant that has grey-green leaves that are soft to the touch and arise from sticky stems. The leaves are broad with rounded lobes and look a little like those of some pelargoniums. The flowers are small 'snapdragons' coloured creamy white with pale yellow lips and deeper yellow throats. The flowers never smother the plant, but there are some present for many months lasting through summer and going into autumn. This is good in warm, slightly shaded spots. It is quite a tender form but usually survives mild winters in well drained soil.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green, Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Exotic garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover, Sensory garden (tactile)
- Walls
- South facing
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer-Autumn · Planting
Support & train
Forms that twine or climb can be given climbing supports to which they can be trained and attached.