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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 24-36 inch
Plant Spread: 8-12 inch
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Purple Toadflax
  • Perennial Toadflax

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Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2023-09-20
Self-sowed on a retaining wall
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Location: Stillingfleet Lodge Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: Stillingfleet Lodge Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2022-07-06
Fasciated stem
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-05-18
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2022-07-19
Fasciated stem two weeks later
Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2023-09-20
Self sowed on a retaining wall
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Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-06-29
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-05-18
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-07-02
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Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-06-03
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-05-18

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Date: 2021-06-30
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-06-03
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-06-10
Location: My property
Date: 2011-05-31
Location: My property
Date: 2010-05-29
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-05-15
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: summer 2009
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Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-07-09
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-06-22
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Date: Sep 23, 2011 7:47 PM
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-06-19
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Comments:
  • Posted by kniphofia (Northumberland, UK) on Jul 7, 2022 7:25 AM concerning plant:
    Purple toadflax, Linaria purpurea is a really lovely cottage garden perennial. "Canon Went" is a lovely pale pink cultivar. It's a relatively short lived perennial but it seeds around pleasantly. Excess plants are easily removed but it blends very well with many other plants and is a great plant for pollinators. It has a lovely light, airy effect in the garden.

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