Linaria vulgaris
Common toadflax, Bread and butter, Brideweed, Bridewort, Butter and eggs, Butter haycocks, Continental weed, Dragon bushes, Eggs and bacon, Eggs and butter, False flax, Flaxweed, Gallweed, Gallwort, Imprudent lawyer, Impudent lawyer, Jacob's ladder, Lion's mouth, North American ramsted, Rancid, Ransted, Wild flax, Wild snapdragon, Yellow rod, Yellow toadflax
Linaria Linaria
L. vulgaris - L. vulgaris is an erect, herbaceous perennial with stiff stems bearing narrowly elliptic to linear, pale green leaves and, from late spring to mid-autumn, dense racemes of spurred, pale yellow flowers with orange-marked lower lips.
Linaria vulgaris is: Deciduous
Erect
Pale-yellow in Spring; Pale-yellow in Summer; Pale-yellow in Autumn
Pale-green in Spring; Pale-green in Summer; Pale-green in Autumn
Aphids Aphids
Powdery mildew Powdery mildew
Cut back after flowering.
Self-seeds freely.
Seed, Division, Softwood cuttings
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Linaria vulgaris (Common toadflax) will reach a height of 0.9m and a spread of 0.3m after 1-2 years.
Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Cottage/Informal, Low Maintenance, Wildlife
Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained, sandy soil in sun. Does not tolerate shade. Spreads by runners. Self-seeds freely. Considered an invasive weed in many non-native areas.
Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
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Linaria vulgaris
Common toadflax, Bread and butter, Brideweed, Bridewort, Butter and eggs, Butter haycocks, Continental weed, Dragon bushes, Eggs and bacon, Eggs and butter, False flax, Flaxweed, Gallweed, Gallwort, Imprudent lawyer, Impudent lawyer, Jacob's ladder, Lion's mouth, North American ramsted, Rancid, Ransted, Wild flax, Wild snapdragon, Yellow rod, Yellow toadflax
Linaria Linaria
L. vulgaris - L. vulgaris is an erect, herbaceous perennial with stiff stems bearing narrowly elliptic to linear, pale green leaves and, from late spring to mid-autumn, dense racemes of spurred, pale yellow flowers with orange-marked lower lips.
Deciduous
Erect
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Pale-yellow in Spring; Pale-yellow in Summer; Pale-yellow in Autumn
Pale-green in Spring; Pale-green in Summer; Pale-green in Autumn
Cut back after flowering.
Self-seeds freely.
Seed, Division, Softwood cuttings
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Linaria vulgaris (Common toadflax) will reach a height of 0.9m and a spread of 0.3m after 1-2 years.
Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Cottage/Informal, Low Maintenance, Wildlife
Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained, sandy soil in sun. Does not tolerate shade. Spreads by runners. Self-seeds freely. Considered an invasive weed in many non-native areas.
Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4
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