Cut flower variety
Snapdragon Costa Rose II
Antirrhinum majus / Snapdragon
Snapdragon ‘Costa Rose II’ is a florist-quality Group II F1 cut snapdragon with medium-dark rose-pink spikes on strong upright stems. It is best grown from plugs in cool, bright production windows and performs especially well in protected autumn, winter, and spring schedules. It gives bouquets height, rhythm, and a romantic pink color that is easy to combine with cream, blush, white, lavender, peach, burgundy, and fresh green materials. It is a strong crop for growers who can manage fine seed, plugs, support netting, airflow, and prompt cooling.
Overview
Why growers use it
Snapdragon ‘Costa Rose II’ is a florist-quality Group II F1 cut snapdragon with medium-dark rose-pink spikes on strong upright stems. It is best grown from plugs in cool, bright production windows and performs especially well in protected autumn, winter, and spring schedules. It gives bouquets height, rhythm, and a romantic pink color that is easy to combine with cream, blush, white, lavender, peach, burgundy, and fresh green materials. It is a strong crop for growers who can manage fine seed, plugs, support netting, airflow, and prompt cooling.
Floral use
Design and market fit
Role
Line
Texture
Velvety ruffled florets on a firm vertical spike with soft, romantic petal texture and strong linear architecture.
Tone
Clear, romantic, medium-depth, cool-to-neutral rose pink with enough color strength to read well in bouquets without becoming dark red.
Form
Tall vertical spike / line flower with sequentially opening bilabiate florets.
Bouquet fit
Excellent for romantic garden bouquets, spring wedding work, pink-and-cream palettes, blush and rose designs, florist bunches, subscription bouquets, cottage-style arrangements, and mixed seasonal market bouquets needing height.
Event use
Strong for weddings, Mother’s Day, spring events, subscription bouquets, florist retail bunches, sympathy work where soft pink is appropriate, and local market bouquets.
Color notes
Yellow, Cream, Apricot, Pink
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Orange / Line
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Pink / Line
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Pink / Line
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