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Snapdragon Madame Butterfly Rose

Antirrhinum majus / Snapdragon

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Snapdragon 'Madame Butterfly Rose' is a premium rose-pink, double, azalea-flowered snapdragon grown for tall, romantic, ruffled spikes. It is best treated as a cool-season cut flower that rewards careful timing, support, and postharvest handling. Its value is strongest when stems are straight, clean, hydrated, and harvested with the lower portion of the spike open while the upper florets are still fresh.

Snapdragon Madame Butterfly Rose cut flower

Overview

Why growers use it

Snapdragon 'Madame Butterfly Rose' is a premium rose-pink, double, azalea-flowered snapdragon grown for tall, romantic, ruffled spikes. It is best treated as a cool-season cut flower that rewards careful timing, support, and postharvest handling. Its value is strongest when stems are straight, clean, hydrated, and harvested with the lower portion of the spike open while the upper florets are still fresh.

Floral use

Design and market fit

Role

Line

Texture

Ruffled, frilly, full, layered, soft, azalea-like double florets on a vertical spike.

Tone

Romantic, soft, warm rose, feminine, cottage-garden, premium pastel.

Form

Tall upright spike with open-faced double florets; line-form stem with soft floral mass.

Bouquet fit

Excellent for garden-style bouquets, romantic weddings, pastel market bunches, cottage arrangements, spring arrangements, feminine subscription bouquets, and arrangements needing vertical movement without a hard architectural look.

Event use

Weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, Mother’s Day, spring events, romantic birthdays, florist installations, sympathy work where soft pink vertical stems are appropriate.

Color notes

Yellow, Cream, Apricot, Pink

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