Narrowleaf angelonia (Angelonia angustifolia), also called summer snapdragon and accessible in the Serena collection, grows in all of Sunset’s Environment Zones. Angelonia grows to one foot wide and 16-inches tall. This drought-tolerant plant likes soil with its own foliage, and excellent drainage and lasts year round in frost free zones. The plant has prolific pink, purple or white flowers growing over the period of the stem. Deadheading spent blooms are promoted by flowers. Pruning helps helps maintain the plant-free from pests and diseases and promotes development.
Deadhead spent flowers to prevent them. To get a flowers that are spaced, pinch the person blooms together with your fingers off. Cut the stem back to 1-inch over the very best set of leaves whether there are invested flowers on one stem.
Cut dead, damaged or diseased stems at ground-level. Stems which have fallen on their sides should be cut back to the root of the plant.
Cut or pinch back stems to market development. In the event the plant is un-attractive, leggy or thick stems ought to be cut back to slim the plant to the bottom.
Prune crops more seriously in the spring before new development has started when development has stopped, and in the fall. As-needed the remaining year to eliminate dead or broken stems prune.