Antirrhinum Lucky Lips

The snapdragon that makes people stop and look twice. Lucky Lips won the Fleuroselect Novelty Award for its strikingly consistent bicolour pattern — clean white upper petals divided sharply from a saturated magenta-purple lip — a graphic intensity that stands out in any border and looks extraordinary in a vase.

At 60cm one of the taller snapdragons in the range, with strong upright stems that need no staking and a long flowering season from June through to October. Open-pollinated rather than F1, which means seed saved from your own plants comes virtually true the following year. Listed on the RHS Plants for Pollinators.

• Antirrhinum majus 'Lucky Lips' — Fleuroselect Novelty Award, Half-Hardy Annual (H3)
• Height: 60cm | Flowers: June–October
• Sow indoors January–April at 20–22°C; surface sow, do not cover
• Full sun; well-drained soil — no staking required
• Open-pollinated — seed saves virtually true
• RHS Plants for Pollinators listed

Grow it with white Ammi majus for a bicolour combination that is as striking in the border as it is in the vase.